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Observables of String Field Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2010-02-03 v2

Abstract

We study gauge invariant operators of open string field theory and find a precise correspondence with on-shell closed strings. We provide a detailed proof of the gauge invariance of the operators and a heuristic interpretation of their correlation functions in terms of on-shell scattering amplitudes of closed strings. We also comment on the implications of these operators to vacuum string field theory.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0111092,
  title  = {Observables of String Field Theory},
  author = {Akikazu Hashimoto and N. Itzhaki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0111092},
  year   = {2010}
}

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20 pages, 4 figures, reference added

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