Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1992-02-03
Nucl.Phys. B386 (1992) 383-404
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
22 pages, no figures
Scientific paper
10.1016/0550-3213(92)90571-R
We analyze topological string theory on a two dimensional torus, focusing on symmetries in the matter sector. Even before coupling to gravity, the topological torus has an infinite number of point-like physical observables, which give rise via the BRST descent equations to an infinite symmetry algebra of the model. The point-like observables of ghost number zero form a topological ground ring, whose generators span a spacetime manifold; the symmetry algebra represents all (ground ring valued) diffeomorphisms of the spacetime. At nonzero ghost numbers, the topological ground ring is extended to a superring, the spacetime manifold becomes a supermanifold, and the symmetry algebra preserves a symplectic form on it. In a decompactified limit of cylindrical target topology, we find a nilpotent charge which behaves like a spacetime topological BRST operator. After coupling to topological gravity, this model might represent a topological phase of $c=1$ string theory. We also point out some analogies to two dimensional superstrings with the chiral GSO projection, and to string theory with $c=-2$.
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