Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1993-05-24
J. Geom. Phys. 16 (1995) 15
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
13 pp, LaTeX, JINR preprint E2-93-181
Scientific paper
A new approach for investigating the classical dynamics of the relativistic string model with rigidity is proposed. It is based on the embedding of the string world surface into the space of a constant curvature. It is shown that the rigid string in flat space-time is described by the Euler-Lagrange equation for the Willmore functional in a space-time of the constant curvature K=-g/(2 a), where g and a are constants in front of the Nambu-Goto term and the curvature term in the rigid string action respectively. For simplicity the Euclidean version of the rigid string in the three-dimensional space-time is considered. The Willmore functional (the action for the "Willmore string") is obtained by dropping the Nambu-Goto term in the Polyakov-Kleinert action for the rigid string. Such "reduction" of the rigid string model would be useful, for example, by applying some results about the Numbu-Goto string dynamics in the de Sitter universe to the rigid string model in the Minkowski space-time. It allows also to use numerous mathematical results about the Willmore surfaces in the context of the physical problem.
Kholodenko Arkady L.
Nesterenko V. V.
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