Tensor constructions of open string theories. I. Foundations

DOI10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00580-4zbMATH Open0911.53044arXivhep-th/9705038OpenAlexW2055665814MaRDI QIDQ1371599FDOQ1371599

Authors: Matthias R. Gaberdiel, Barton Zwiebach 

Publication date: 29 October 1997

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

Abstract: The possible tensor constructions of open string theories are analyzed from first principles. To this end the algebraic framework of open string field theory is clarified, including the role of the homotopy associative A_infty algebra, the odd symplectic structure, cyclicity, star conjugation, and twist. It is also shown that two string theories are off-shell equivalent if the corresponding homotopy associative algebras are homotopy equivalent in a strict sense. It is demonstrated that a homotopy associative star algebra with a compatible even bilinear form can be attached to an open string theory. If this algebra does not have a spacetime interpretation, positivity and the existence of a conserved ghost number require that its cohomology is at degree zero, and that it has the structure of a direct sum of full matrix algebras. The resulting string theory is shown to be physically equivalent to a string theory with a familiar open string gauge group.

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

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zbMATH Keywords

spacetimecyclicitypositivityhomotopy equivalenceBRST operatoropen string field theoryopen string theoriestwist symmetryfirst principlesalgebraic frameworkBPZ conjugationChan Paton constructioncompatible even bilinear formconserved ghost numberdegree zero cohomologydirect full matrix algebra sumhomotopy associative star algebraodd symplectic structureoff shell equivalenceopen string gauge groupstar conjugationtensor constructions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

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