Factorization Conjecture and the Open/Closed String Correspondence
High Energy Physics - Theory
2010-02-03 v1
Abstract
We present evidence for the factorization of the world-sheet path integrals for 2d conformal field theories on the disk into bulk and boundary contributions. This factorization is then used to reinterpret a shift in closed string backgrounds in terms of boundary deformations in background independent open string field theory. We give a proof of the factorization conjecture in the cases where the background is represented by WZW and related models.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0412266,
title = {Factorization Conjecture and the Open/Closed String Correspondence},
author = {Marcus Baumgartl and Ivo Sachs and Samson L. Shatashvili},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0412266},
year = {2010}
}
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21 pages