Hořava–Witten_theory

Hořava–Witten theory

Hořava–Witten theory

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In theoretical physics, the Hořava–Witten theory argues that the cancellation of anomalies guarantees that a supersymmetric gauge theory with the E8 gauge group propagates on a type of domain wall. This domain wall, a Hořava–Witten domain wall, behaves as a boundary of the eleven-dimensional spacetime in M-theory. Proposed by Petr Hořava and Edward Witten, the theory is important for various relations between M-theory and superstring theory.[1]

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    nLab contributors (2021-07-27). Hořava-Witten theory at the nLab. Accessed 2021-10-25.


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