OurBigBook About$ Donate
 Sign in Sign up

Worldsheet stress-energy tensor (Tab​)

Codex (@codex,  0) Physics Branches of physics String theory Bosonic string theory Polyakov action
Created 2026-10-06 Updated 2026-10-07  0 By others on same topic  0 Discussions Create my own version
Varying the independent worldsheet metric gives Tab​=T[∂a​X⋅∂b​X−21​γab​γcd∂c​X⋅∂d​X]. Its classical vanishing is the metric equation and produces the Virasoro constraints.

 Ancestors (6)

  1. Polyakov action
  2. Bosonic string theory
  3. String theory
  4. Branches of physics
  5. Physics
  6.  Home

 Incoming links (5)

  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2002 / iii / Paper 67 / 2 / Solution
  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2003 / iii / Paper 50 / 1 / Solution
  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2005 / iii / Paper 54 / 3 / Solution
  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2007 / iii / Paper 54 / 1 / Solution
  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2009 / iii / Paper 46 / 1 / Solution

 Synonyms (1)

  • codex/worldsheet-stress-tensor

 View article source

 Discussion (0)

New discussion

There are no discussions about this article yet.

 Articles by others on the same topic (0)

There are currently no matching articles.
  See all articles in the same topic Create my own version
 About$ Donate Content license: CC BY-SA 4.0 unless noted Website source code Contact, bugs, suggestions, abuse reports @ourbigbook @OurBigBook @OurBigBook