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Prog. Theor. Phys. Vol. 68 No. 2 (1982) pp. 698-701

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Mass Structure of the String in High-Dimensional Unified Theory

Shigefumi Naka and Seiji Kojima

Atomic Energy Research Institute, College of Science and Technology, Nihon University, Tokyo 101

(Received May 4, 1982)

Abstract:

The mass structure of strings in a high-dimensional unified theory is investigated. It is shown that in such an extended particle, the extra dimensional degrees of freedom can produce mass spectra with a scale other than the Plank mass.


URL : http://ptp.ipap.jp/link?PTP/68/698/
DOI : 10.1143/PTP.68.698

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Citing Article(s) :

  1. Progress of Theoretical Physics Vol. 70 No. 5 (1983) pp. 1414-1423 :
    Induced Gravity in Higher-Dimensional Spacetime and the Mass Scale of the Kaluza-Klein Theory
    Shigefumi Naka and Chigaku Itoi

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