Ghost-free and Modular Invariant Spectra of a String in SL(2,R) and Three Dimensional Black Hole Geometry

Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory

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18 pages, Latex; typos and some terminology corrected

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10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00701-3

Spectra of a string in $ SL(2,R) $ and three dimensional (BTZ) black hole geometry are discussed. We consider a free field realization of ^sl (2,R) different from the standard ones in treatment of zero-modes. Applying this to the string model in SL(2,R), we show that the spectrum is ghost-free. The essence of the argument is the same as Bars' resolution to the ghost problem, but there are differences; for example, the currents do not contain logarithmic cuts. Moreover, we obtain a modular invariant partition function. This realization is also applicable to the analysis of the string in the three dimensional black hole geometry, the model of which is described by an orbifold of the SL(2,R) WZW model. We obtain ghost-free and modular invariant spectra for the black hole theory as well. These spectra provide examples of few sensible spectra of a string in non-trivial backgrounds with curved time and, in particular, in a black hole background with an infinite number of propagating modes.

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