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Regularizing Cubic Open Neveu-Schwarz String Field Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-13 v2

Abstract

After introducing non-minimal variables, the midpoint insertion of Y\bar Y in cubic open Neveu-Schwarz string field theory can be replaced with an operator N_\rho depending on a constant parameter \rho. As in cubic open superstring field theory using the pure spinor formalism, the operator N_\rho is invertible and is equal to 1 up to a BRST-trivial quantity. So unlike the linearized equation of motion Y\bar Y QV=0 which requires truncation of the Hilbert space in order to imply QV=0, the linearized equation N_\rho QV=0 directly implies QV=0.

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@article{arxiv.0901.3386,
  title  = {Regularizing Cubic Open Neveu-Schwarz String Field Theory},
  author = {Nathan Berkovits and Warren Siegel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0901.3386},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

6 pages harvmac, added footnote and reference

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