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Adding stubs to quantum string field theories

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-03-18 v1

Abstract

Generalizing recent work by Schnabl-Stettinger and Erbin-Firat, we outline a universal algebraic procedure for `adding stubs' to string field theories obeying the BV quantum master equation. We apply our results to classical and quantum closed string field theory as well as to open-closed string field theory. We also clarify several aspects of the integration-out process in the co-algebraic formulation of string field theory at the quantum level.

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@article{arxiv.2403.10471,
  title  = {Adding stubs to quantum string field theories},
  author = {Carlo Maccaferri and Riccardo Poletti and Alberto Ruffino and Beniamino Valsesia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.10471},
  year   = {2024}
}

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49 pages, 7 figures

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