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Energy from the gauge invariant observables

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-11 v5

Abstract

For a classical solution |Psi> in Witten's cubic string field theory, the gauge invariant observable <I|V|Psi> is conjectured to be equal to the difference of the one-point functions of the closed string state corresponding to V, between the trivial vacuum and the one described by |Psi>. For a static solution |Psi>, if V is taken to be the graviton vertex operator with vanishing momentum, the gauge invariant observable is expected to be proportional to the energy of |Psi>. We prove this relation assuming that |Psi> satisfies equation of motion and some regularity conditions. We discuss how this relation can be applied to various solutions obtained recently.

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@article{arxiv.1208.6206,
  title  = {Energy from the gauge invariant observables},
  author = {Takayuki Baba and Nobuyuki Ishibashi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1208.6206},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

27 pages; v5: minor revision in section 2, results unchanged

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