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Schnabl's L_0 Operator in the Continuous Basis

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v2

Abstract

Following Schnabl's analytic solution to string field theory, we calculate the operators L0,L0{\cal L}_0,{\cal L}_0^\dagger for a scalar field in the continuous κ\kappa basis. We find an explicit and simple expression for them that further simplifies for their sum, which is block diagonal in this basis. We generalize this result for the bosonized ghost sector, verify their commutation relation and relate our expressions to wedge state representations.

Cite

@article{arxiv.hep-th/0605254,
  title  = {Schnabl's L_0 Operator in the Continuous Basis},
  author = {Ehud Fuchs and Michael Kroyter},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0605254},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

1+16 pages. JHEP style. Typos corrected