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Selected writings

Proving the Goddard-Thorn no-ghost theorem:

• Peter Goddard, Charles Thorn, Compatibility of the dual Pomeron with unitarity and the absence of ghosts in the dual resonance model, Phys. Lett., B 40, No. 2 (1972), 235-238 (spire:74899)

Early discussion of quantization of the string sigma-model in light-cone gauge:

• Peter Goddard, Jeffrey Goldstone, Claudio Rebbi, Charles B. Thorn, Quantum dynamics of a massless relativistic string, Nuclear Physics B 56 1 (1973) 109-135 [doi:10.1016/0550-3213(73)90223-X]

On electric-magnetic duality (S-duality):

• Peter Goddard, Jean Nuyts, David Olive, Gauge Theories And Magnetic Charge, Nucl. Phys. B 125 (1977) 1-28 [doi:10.1016/0550-3213(77)90221-8, spire:111435]

On the Wess-Zumino-Witten model 2d CFT (via Kac-Moody algebra and Virasoro algebra):

• Peter Goddard, David Olive, Kac-Moody and Virasoro algebras in relation to quantum physics, International Journal of Modern Physics A 01 02 (1986) 303-414 [doi:10.1142/S0217751X86000149, spire:18583]

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