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The Low-level Spectrum of the $W_3$ String

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-07 v1

Abstract

We investigate the spectrum of physical states in the W3W_3 string theory, up to level 2 for a multi-scalar string, and up to level 4 for the two-scalar string. The (open) W3W_3 string has a photon as its only massless state. By using screening charges to study the null physical states in the two-scalar W3W_3 string, we are able to learn about the gauge symmetries of the states in the multi-scalar W3W_3 string.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9212017,
  title  = {The Low-level Spectrum of the $W_3$ String},
  author = {H. Lu and B. E. W. Nilsson and C. N. Pope and K. S. Stelle and P. C. West},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9212017},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

31 pages, Plain Tex, CTP TAMU-70/92, Goteborg ITP 92-43, Imperial/TP/91-92/22, KCL-TH-92-8