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Closed String S-matrix Elements in Open String Field Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v3

Abstract

We study the S-matrix elements of the gauge invariant operators corresponding to on-shell closed strings, in open string field theory. In particular, we calculate the tree level S-matrix element of two arbitrary{\it arbitrary} closed strings, and the S-matrix element of one closed string and two open strings. By mapping the world-sheet of these amplitudes to the upper half zz-plane, and by evaluating explicitly the correlators in the ghost part, we show that these S-matrix elements are exactly{\it exactly} identical to the corresponding disk level S-matrix elements in perturbative string theory.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0408173,
  title  = {Closed String S-matrix Elements in Open String Field Theory},
  author = {Mohammad R. Garousi and G. R. Maktabdaran},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0408173},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

18 pages, 8 figures, Latex file; the version appears in JHEP