Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2002-04-30
Phys.Rev. D66 (2002) 066003
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
77 pages, LaTeX. v3: corrections of signs or factors (for a list of corrections see beginning of source file)
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevD.66.066003
Using the Moyal star product, we define open bosonic string field theory carefully, with a cutoff, for any number of string oscillators and any oscillator frequencies. Through detailed computations, such as Neumann coefficients for all string vertices, we show that the Moyal star product is all that is needed to give a precise definition of string field theory. The formulation of the theory as well as the computation techniques are considerably simpler in the Moyal formulation. After identifying a monoid algebra as a fundamental mathematical structure in string field theory, we use it as a tool to compute with ease the field configurations for wedge, sliver, and generalized projectors, as well as all the string interaction vertices for perturbative as well as monoid-type nonperturbative states. Finally, in the context of VSFT we analyze the small fluctuations around any D-brane vacuum. We show quite generally that to obtain nontrivial mass and coupling, as well as a closed strings, there must be an associativity anomaly. We identify the detailed source of the anomaly, but leave its study for future work.
Bars Itzhak
Matsuo Yutaka
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