Light-cone gauge string field theory in noncritical dimensions

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作者
Baba, Yutaka [1 ]
Ishibashi, Nobuyuki [2 ]
Murakami, Koichi [1 ]
机构
[1] RIKEN, Theoret Phys Lab, Saitama 3510198, Japan
[2] Univ Tsukuba, Inst Phys, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058571, Japan
关键词
Conformal Field Models in String Theory; String Field Theory; BRST Symmetry; RELATIVISTIC STRINGS; FUNCTIONAL DETERMINANTS; LOOPS;
D O I
10.1088/1126-6708/2009/12/010
中图分类号
O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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摘要
We study light- cone gauge string field theory in noncritical space- time dimensions. Such a theory corresponds to a string theory in a Lorentz noninvariant background. We identify the worldsheet theory for the longitudinal coordinate variables X-+/- and study its properties. It is a CFT with the right value of Virasoro central charge, using which we propose a BRST invariant formulation of the worldsheet theory.
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