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Two-point String Amplitudes Revisited by Operator Formalism

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-01-08 v3

Abstract

So far we have considered that a two-point string amplitude vanishes due to the infinite volume of residual gauge symmetry. However recently Erbin-Maldacena-Skliros have suggested that the two-point amplitude can have non-zero value, because one can cancel the infinite volume by the infinity coming from on-shell energy conservation. They derived the two-point function by Fadeev-Popov method. In this paper we revisit this two-point string amplitude in the operator formalism. We find the mostly BRST exact operator which yields non-zero two-point amplitudes.

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@article{arxiv.1909.03672,
  title  = {Two-point String Amplitudes Revisited by Operator Formalism},
  author = {Shigenori Seki and Tomohiko Takahashi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.03672},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

8 pages; v2: the normalization of ${\cal V_0}$ is fixed, the conclusion does not change; v3: the discussion about closed string is modified, comments on n-point amplitude are added, refs added, version for publication

R2 v1 2026-06-23T11:09:22.529Z