English

Comments on the global constraints in light-cone string and membrane theories

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-07 v2

Abstract

In the light-cone closed string and toroidal membrane theories, we associate the global constraints with gauge symmetries. In the closed string case, we show that the physical states defined by the BRS charge satisfy the level-matching condition. In the toroidal membrane case, we show that the Faddeev-Popov ghost and anti-ghost corresponding to the global constraints are essentially free even if we adopt any gauge fixing condition for the local constraint. We discuss the quantum double-dimensional reduction of the wrapped supermembrane with the global constraints.

Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-th/0212048,
  title  = {Comments on the global constraints in light-cone string and membrane theories},
  author = {Shozo Uehara and Satoshi Yamada},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0212048},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

12 pages, typos corrected, to appear in JHEP