Three-Dimensional Gravity and String Ghosts
High Energy Physics - Theory
2010-04-28 v1
Abstract
It is known that much of the structure of string theory can be derived from three-dimensional topological field theory and gravity. We show here that, at least for simple topologies, the string diffeomorphism ghosts can also be explained in terms of three-dimensional physics.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9110005,
title = {Three-Dimensional Gravity and String Ghosts},
author = {S. Carlip and I. I. Kogan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9110005},
year = {2010}
}
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6 pages