1. heterotic - Noun
2. heterotic - Adjective
Of or pertaining to heterosis.
(physics) Describing a hybrid form of string theory (See Heterotic string theory on Wikipedia)
heterotic (plural heterotics)
A hybrid organism of this kind.
Candelas et al. 1985 One popular way of deriving realistic physics from string theory is to start with the heterotic theory in ten dimensions and assume that the six extra dimensions of spacetime are shaped like a six-dimensional Calabi–Yau manifold. Source: Internet
Ashoke Sen studied S-duality in the context of heterotic strings in four dimensions. Source: Internet
Kapustin and Witten 2007 M-theory main Prior to 1995, theorists believed that there were five consistent versions of superstring theory (type I, type IIA, type IIB, and two versions of heterotic string theory). Source: Internet
For example, the type I theory includes both open strings (which are segments with endpoints) and closed strings (which form closed loops), while types IIA, IIB and heterotic include only closed strings. Source: Internet
For example, type IIA string theory is equivalent to type IIB string theory via T-duality, and the two versions of heterotic string theory are also related by T-duality. Source: Internet
It was studied by Ashoke Sen in the context of heterotic strings in four dimensions Sen 1994a Sen 1994b and by Chris Hull and Paul Townsend in the context of the type IIB theory. Source: Internet