Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2008-07-29
Phys. Rep. 502, 89 (2011)
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Invited review for Physics Reports. v1: 106 p., 8 fig. v2: 108 p., minor changes. v3: 117 p., 9 fig., presentation modified an
Scientific paper
10.1016/j.physrep.2011.01.003
In this work we review Schnabl's construction of the tachyon vacuum solution to bosonic covariant open string field theory and the results that followed. We survey the state of the art of string field theory research preceding this construction focusing on Sen's conjectures and the results obtained using level truncation methods. The tachyon vacuum solution can be described in various ways. We describe its geometric representation using wedge states, its formal algebraic representation as a pure-gauge solution and its oscillator representation. We also describe the analytical proofs of some of Sen's conjectures for this solution. The tools used in the context of the vacuum solution can be adapted to the construction of other solutions, namely various marginal deformations. We present some of the approaches used in the construction of these solutions. The generalization of these ideas to open superstring field theory is explained in detail. We start from the exposition of the problems one faces in the construction of superstring field theory. We then present the cubic and the non-polynomial versions of superstring field theory and discuss a proposal suggesting their classical equivalence. Finally, the bosonic solutions are generalized to this case. In particular, we focus on the (somewhat surprising) generalization of the tachyon solution to the case of a theory with no tachyons.
Fuchs Ehud
Kroyter Michael
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