TY - JOUR
T1 - BRST ghosts as worldsheet parameters in gauge-invariant string field theory
AU - Das, Sumit R.
AU - Rubin, Mark A.
PY - 1986/11/27
Y1 - 1986/11/27
N2 - The closed and open bosonic strings are quantized in the Tomonaga-Schwinger-Dirac (TSD) formalism. This leads to a gauge-invariant second-quantized free string field theory. The worldsheet parameters are dynamical variables which, in the quantum theory, are represented by anticommuting operators. This TSD quantization is seen to be formally identical to the BRST quantization and provides a geometrical interpretation of the anticommuting BRST ghosts as quantized worldsheet parameters.
AB - The closed and open bosonic strings are quantized in the Tomonaga-Schwinger-Dirac (TSD) formalism. This leads to a gauge-invariant second-quantized free string field theory. The worldsheet parameters are dynamical variables which, in the quantum theory, are represented by anticommuting operators. This TSD quantization is seen to be formally identical to the BRST quantization and provides a geometrical interpretation of the anticommuting BRST ghosts as quantized worldsheet parameters.
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U2 - 10.1016/0370-2693(86)91259-1
DO - 10.1016/0370-2693(86)91259-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:45949131110
SN - 0370-2693
VL - 181
SP - 81
EP - 86
JO - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
JF - Physics Letters, Section B: Nuclear, Elementary Particle and High-Energy Physics
IS - 1-2
ER -