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Off-shell structure of the string sigma model

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-09-25 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

The off-shell structure of the string sigma model is investigated. In the open bosonic string, nonperturbative effects are shown to depend crucially on the regularization scheme. A scheme retaining the notion of string width reproduces the structure of Witten's string field theory and the associated unconventional gauge transformations.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9912243,
  title  = {Off-shell structure of the string sigma model},
  author = {Alan Kostelecky and Malcolm Perry and Robertus Potting},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9912243},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages