nLab Joël Scherk

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Selected writings

On the early theory of relativistic strings (Nambu-Goto action) then motivated a explanations of the “dual resonance model” for hadrons (cf. Polyakov gauge-string duality):

• Joël Scherk, An introduction to the theory of dual models and strings, Rev. Mod. Phys. 47 123 (1975) [doi:10.1103/RevModPhys.47.123]

On the GSO projection for the spinning string/superstring:

• F. Gliozzi, Joël Scherk, D. I. Olive, Supersymmetry, supergravity theories and the dual spinor model, Nucl. Phys, B122, 253 (1977)

• F. Gliozzi, Joël Scherk, D. I. Olive, Supersymmetry, Supergravity Theories and the Dual Spinor Model, Nucl. Phys. B 122 (1977), 253 (spire)

Introducing D=11 supergravity:

• Eugene Cremmer, Bernard Julia, Joël Scherk, Supergravity in theory in 11 dimensions, Phys. Lett. B 76 (1978) 409 [doi:10.1016/0370-2693(78)90894-8]

On the Scherk-Schwarz mechanism:

• Joël Scherk, John Schwarz, Spontaneous breaking of supersymmetry through dimensional reduction, Physics Letters B Volume 82, Issue 1, 12 March 1979, Pages 60-64 (doi:10.1016/0370-2693(79)90425-8)

• Joël Scherk, John Schwarz, How to get masses from extra dimensions, in: Supergravities in Diverse Dimensions, pp. 1282-1309 (1989) (doi:10.1142/9789814542340_0083)

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