Intrinsic non-commutativity of closed string theory

DOI10.1007/JHEP09(2017)060zbMATH Open1382.81178arXiv1706.03305MaRDI QIDQ1705947FDOQ1705947

Authors: Laurent Freidel, Robert G. Leigh, Djordje Minic 

Publication date: 19 March 2018

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that the proper interpretation of the cocycle operators appearing in the physical vertex operators of compactified strings is that the closed string target is non-commutative. We track down the appearance of this non-commutativity to the Polyakov action of the flat closed string in the presence of translational monodromies (i.e., windings). In view of the unexpected nature of this result, we present detailed calculations from a variety of points of view, including a careful understanding of the consequences of mutual locality in the vertex operator algebra, as well as a detailed analysis of the symplectic structure of the Polyakov string. We also underscore why this non-commutativity was not emphasized previously in the existing literature. This non-commutativity can be thought of as a central extension of the zero-mode operator algebra, an effect set by the string length scale -- it is present even in trivial backgrounds. Clearly, this result indicates that the $alph{a}^{\prime }o0$ limit is more subtle than usually assumed.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.03305

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zbMATH Keywords

conformal field theorynon-commutative geometrystring duality

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Methods of noncommutative geometry in general relativity (83C65)

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