Strebel differentials and string field theory
Abstract
A closed string worldsheet of genus with punctures can be presented as a contact interaction in which semi-infinite cylinders are glued together in a specific way via the Strebel differential on it, if . 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.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2402.09641,
title = {Strebel differentials and string field theory},
author = {Nobuyuki Ishibashi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.09641},
year = {2024}
}
Comments
29 pages, 14 figures