Solutions for mixed states in open bosonic string theory

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2019.135010zbMATH Open1434.81087arXiv1908.08809OpenAlexW2969836915WikidataQ127065334 ScholiaQ127065334MaRDI QIDQ2187232FDOQ2187232

Dimitri Polyakov

Publication date: 2 June 2020

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

Abstract: We describe the family of normalizable solutions in linearized open string field theory, defined by $QPs{i}_0=0$ ($Q$ is BRST charge) understood in the sense $<<QPs{i}_0,Phi>>=0$ for an arbitrary string field $Phi$. The solutions depend on shifted partition numbers and are parametrized in terms of values of $zeta$-function at pairs of positive numbers greater than 2. We argue that the operators, defined by these solutions, create mixed quantum-mechanical states by acting on the vacuum (as opposed to standard vertex operators, creating the pure states with definite masses and spins).

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.08809

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Closed and approximate solutions to the Schrödinger, Dirac, Klein-Gordon and other equations of quantum mechanics (81Q05) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

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• Notes on strings and higher spins
• Building up spacetime with quantum entanglement
• An analytic formula for numbers of restricted partitions from conformal field theory

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