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String field representation of the Virasoro algebra

High Energy Physics - Theory 2017-02-01 v2

Abstract

We construct a representation of the zero central charge Virasoro algebra using string fields in Witten's open bosonic string field theory. This construction is used to explore extensions of the KBc algebra and find novel algebraic solutions of open string field theory.

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@article{arxiv.1610.00968,
  title  = {String field representation of the Virasoro algebra},
  author = {Nicholas Mertes and Martin Schnabl},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.00968},
  year   = {2017}
}

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17 pages, 1 figure. v2: comments and references added

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