Spin Foam Models of String Theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
We review briefly the spin foam formalism for constructing path integrals for the BF and related theories. Then we describe how the path integral for the string theory on a group manifold can be defined as a two-dimensional spin foam state sum.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0502092,
title = {Spin Foam Models of String Theory},
author = {A. Mikovic},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0502092},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
6 pages, talk given at the Summer School in Modern Mathematical Physics, Zlatibor, 20-31 August, 2004