 Critical dimension of string theory (source code)

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= Critical dimension of string theory

= Critical dimension of the bosonic string
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The critical dimension is the target-spacetime dimension in which quantum anomalies obstructing Lorentz or Weyl symmetry cancel. It is 26 for the bosonic string.

Here critical means cancellation of the string’s quantum anomalies; it does not mean the upper or lower critical dimension of a phase transition.

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