Tensor constructions of open string theories. I. Foundations

DOI10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00580-4zbMath0911.53044arXivhep-th/9705038MaRDI QIDQ1371599

Barton Zwiebach, Matthias R. Gaberdiel

Publication date: 29 October 1997

Published in: Nuclear Physics. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9705038

zbMATH Keywords

spacetime; positivity; first principles; cyclicity; homotopy equivalence; open string field theory; open string theories; BRST operator; twist symmetry; algebraic framework; BPZ conjugation; Chan Paton construction; compatible even bilinear form; conserved ghost number; degree zero cohomology; direct full matrix algebra sum; homotopy associative star algebra; odd symplectic structure; off shell equivalence; open string gauge group; star conjugation; tensor constructions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

81T30: String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory

53Z05: Applications of differential geometry to physics

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