L2 Index Theory and D-Particle Binding in Type I' String Theory

dc.contributor.advisor	Stern, Mark A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	McCarthy, Janice Marie	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2009-05-01T18:22:09Z
dc.date.available	2009-05-01T18:22:09Z
dc.date.issued	2009	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10161/1086
dc.description	Dissertation	en_US
dc.description.abstract	<p>In this work, we apply $L^2$-index theory to compute the index of a non-Fredholm elliptic operator. The operator arises in Type I' string theory, and the index is found to be non-zero, thus implying existence of bound states.</p>	en_US
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dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.subject	Mathematics	en_US
dc.subject	Analysis	en_US
dc.subject	Dirac Operator	en_US
dc.subject	L	en_US
dc.subject	Index	en_US
dc.subject	Partial Differential Operator	en_US
dc.title	L2 Index Theory and D-Particle Binding in Type I' String Theory	en_US
dc.type	Dissertation	en_US
dc.department	Mathematics	en_US