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Solutions for Mixed States in Open Bosonic String Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-01-08 v1

Abstract

We describe the family of normalizable solutions in linearized open string field theory, defined by QΨ0=0Q\Psi_0=0 (QQ is BRST charge) understood in the sense <<QΨ0,Φ>>=0<<Q\Psi_0,\Phi>>=0 for an arbitrary string field Φ\Phi. The solutions depend on shifted partition numbers and are parametrized in terms of values of ζ\zeta-function at pairs of positive numbers greater than 2. We argue that the operators, defined by these solutions, create mixed quantum-mechanical states by acting on the vacuum (as opposed to standard vertex operators, creating the pure states with definite masses and spins).

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@article{arxiv.1908.08809,
  title  = {Solutions for Mixed States in Open Bosonic String Theory},
  author = {Dimitri Polyakov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1908.08809},
  year   = {2020}
}

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14 pages. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1905.06708

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