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``Theory of Theories'' Approach to String Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-22 v1

Abstract

We propose a new formulation of gauge theories as a quantum theory which has the gauge theory action SS as its dynamical variable. This system is described by a simple actional I(S)I(S) (that is, an action for the action SS) whose equation of motion gives the Batalin-Vilkovisky (BV) master equation for SS. Upon quantization we find that our new formulation is reduced to something like a topological field theory having a BRST exact gauge-fixed actional. Therefore the present formulation can reproduce ordinary gauge theories since the path-integral over SS is dominated by the classical configuration which satisfies the BV master equation. This ``theory of theories'' formulation is intended to be applied to closed string field theory.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9308001,
  title  = {``Theory of Theories'' Approach to String Theory},
  author = {H. Hata},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9308001},
  year   = {2009}
}

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20 pages, LaTeX, KUNS-1212