Re: a bit of dimensional analysis

Posted by DickT on September 15, 2003 at 06:35:02:

In Reply to: a bit of dimensional analysis posted by rtharbaugh on September 15, 2003 at 03:32:44:

Richard,

I'm not sure I followed all that. You lost me about where you introduced H. But I do have this thought,which may have something to do with your discussion. The Regge slope parameter, written alpha', in string theory has dimensions L^2. Polchinski says it is "the square of the charactristic length scale of perturbative string theory" and notes "The tension of the fundamental string is 1/2 pi alpha'."

Regards,
Dick

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