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Strebel differentials and string field theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-05-21 v2

Abstract

A closed string worldsheet of genus gg with nn punctures can be presented as a contact interaction in which nn semi-infinite cylinders are glued together in a specific way via the Strebel differential on it, if n1, 2g2+n>0n\geq1,\ 2g-2+n>0. We construct a string field theory of closed strings such that all the Feynman diagrams are represented by such contact interactions. In order to do so, we define off-shell amplitudes in the underlying string theory using the combinatorial Fenchel-Nielsen coordinates to describe the moduli space and derive a recursion relation satisfied by them. Utilizing the Fokker-Planck formalism, we construct a string field theory from which the recursion relation can be deduced through the Schwinger-Dyson equation. The Fokker-Planck Hamiltonian consists of kinetic terms and three string interaction terms.

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@article{arxiv.2402.09641,
  title  = {Strebel differentials and string field theory},
  author = {Nobuyuki Ishibashi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.09641},
  year   = {2024}
}

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29 pages, 14 figures

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