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 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 -plane, and by evaluating explicitly the correlators in the ghost part, we show that these S-matrix elements are identical to the corresponding disk level S-matrix elements in perturbative string theory.
Cite
@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