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Deformation dynamics and the Gauss-Bonnet topological term in string theory

Mathematical Physics 2009-11-10 v2 math.MP

Abstract

We show that there exist a nontrivial contribution on the Witten covariant phase space when the Gauss-Bonnet topological term is added to the Dirac-Nambu Goto action describing strings, because of the geometry of deformations is modified, and on such space we construct a symplectic structure. Future extensions of the present results are outlined.

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@article{arxiv.math-ph/0407041,
  title  = {Deformation dynamics and the Gauss-Bonnet topological term in string theory},
  author = {Alberto Escalante},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/0407041},
  year   = {2009}
}

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12 pages

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