Wilson loops and topological phases in closed string theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2015-06-26 v1
Abstract
Using covariant phase space formulations for the natural topological invariants associated with the world-surface in closed string theory, we find that certain Wilson loops defined on the world-surface and that preserve topological invariance, correspond to wave functionals for the vacuum state with zero energy. The differences and similarities with the 2-dimensional QED proposed by Schwinger early are discussed.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0411251,
title = {Wilson loops and topological phases in closed string theory},
author = {R. Cartas-Fuentevilla},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0411251},
year = {2015}
}
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7 pages