String field theory solution for any open string background. II.

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DOI10.1007/JHEP01(2020)021zbMATH Open1434.81082arXiv1909.11675OpenAlexW4248283560WikidataQ126385268 ScholiaQ126385268MaRDI QIDQ2185255FDOQ2185255

Carlo Maccaferri, Theodore Erler

Publication date: 4 June 2020

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

Abstract: Generalizing previous work, we give a new analytic solution in Witten's open bosonic string field theory which can describe any open string background. The central idea is to use Riemann surface degenerations as a mechanism for taming OPE singularities. This requires leaving the familiar subalgebra of wedge states with insertions, but the payoff is that the solution makes no assumptions about the reference and target D-brane systems, and is therefore truly general. For example, unlike in previous work, the solution can describe time dependent backgrounds and multiple copies of the reference D-brane within the universal sector. The construction also resolves some subtle issues resulting from associativity anomalies, giving a more complete understanding of the relation between the degrees of freedom of different D-brane systems, and a nonperturbative proof of background independence in classical open bosonic string field theory.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1909.11675





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