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Sub-Critical Closed String Field Theory in D Less Than 26

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-22 v1

Abstract

We construct the second quantized action for sub-critical closed string field theory with zero cosmological constant in dimensions 2D<26 2 \leq D < 26, generalizing the non-polynomial closed string field theory action proposed by the author and the Kyoto and MIT groups for D=26D = 26. The proof of gauge invariance is considerably complicated by the presence of the Liouville field ϕ\phi and the non-polynomial nature of the action. However, we explicitly show that the polyhedral vertex functions obey BRST invariance to all orders. By point splitting methods, we calculate the anomaly contribution due to the Liouville field, and show in detail that it cancels only if D26+1+3Q2=0D - 26 + 1 + 3 Q ^ 2 = 0 , in both the bosonized and unbosonized polyhedral vertex functions. We also show explicitly that the four point function generated by this action reproduces the shifted Shapiro-Virasoro amplitude found from c=1c=1 matrix models and Liouville theory in two dimensions. LATEX file.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9311173,
  title  = {Sub-Critical Closed String Field Theory in D Less Than 26},
  author = {Michio Kaku},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9311173},
  year   = {2009}
}

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28 pages, CCNY-HEP-93-6

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