A Tomonaga-Schwinger-Dirac formulation for string theories

Sumit R. Das, Mark A. Rubin

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Abstract

A Tomonaga-Schwinger-Dirac formulation of the first quantized free bosonic string theory is presented in which all the Virasoro operators have simple geometric meanings. In a corresponding second quantized version, the "chordal" gauge transformations on the free string field, which generate linearized gauge transformations of spacetime fields, become natural transformations in an extended loop space. The geometrical nature of these transformations may allow them to be more easily generalized to the nonlinear transformations of the interacting string field theory.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)182-186
Number of pages5
JournalPhysics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
Volume169
Issue number2-3
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 27 1986

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  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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