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Witten's Open String Field Theory in Constant B-Field Background

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-31 v4

Abstract

In this paper we consider Witten's bosonic open string field theory in the presence of a constant background of the second-rank antisymmetric tensor field BijB_{ij}. We extend the operator formulation of Gross and Jevicki in this situation and construct the overlap vertices explicitly. As a result we find a noncommutative structure of the Moyal type only in the zero-mode sector, which is consistent with the result of the correlation functions among vertex operators in the world sheet formulation. Furthermore we find out a certain unitary transformation of the string field which absorbs the Moyal type noncommutative structure. It can be regarded as a microscopic origin of the transformation between the gauge fields in commutative and noncommutative gauge theories discussed by Seiberg and Witten.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9912254,
  title  = {Witten's Open String Field Theory in Constant B-Field Background},
  author = {Fumihiko Sugino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9912254},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

35 pages, LaTeX, no figures, Arguments about string coupling constants are modified. final version to be published in JHEP

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