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Light-Cone Gauge String Field Theory in Noncritical Dimensions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-12-15 v1

Abstract

We study light-cone gauge string field theory in noncritical space-time dimensions. Such a theory corresponds to a string theory in a Lorentz noninvariant background. We identify the worldsheet theory for the longitudinal coordinate variables X±X^\pm and study its properties. It is a CFT with the right value of Virasoro central charge, using which we propose a BRST invariant formulation of the worldsheet theory.

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@article{arxiv.0909.4675,
  title  = {Light-Cone Gauge String Field Theory in Noncritical Dimensions},
  author = {Yutaka Baba and Nobuyuki Ishibashi and Koichi Murakami},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.4675},
  year   = {2009}
}

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27 pages, 2 figures

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