COVARIANT CLOSED STRING THEORY CANNOT BE CUBIC

被引：32
作者：
SONODA, H
ZWIEBACH, B
机构：
[1] MIT,CTR THEORET PHYS,NUCL SCI LAB,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02139
[2] MIT,DEPT PHYS,CAMBRIDGE,MA 02139
来源：
NUCLEAR PHYSICS B | 1990年 / 336卷 / 02期
基金：
美国国家科学基金会;
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D O I：
10.1016/0550-3213(90)90108-P
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 show that no symmetric three-closed-string vertex can give dual off-shell amplitudes for four-string scattering. This implies that covariant closed string field theory cannot be cubic. We conjecture the necessity of non-polynomiality. Our result implies the uniqueness of the cubic formulation of covariant open string field theory. © 1990.
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页码：185 / 221
页数：37
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