Exact renormalization group and loop variables: a background independent approach to string theory

DOI10.1142/S0217751X15300550MaRDI QIDQ2805111zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors B. Sathiapalan

Publication date 10 May 2016

Published in International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1508.03692

zbMATH Keywords

string theorybackground independenceexact renormalization group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory (81-02) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Renormalization group methods applied to problems in quantum field theory (81T17) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

Abstract: This paper is a self contained review of the Loop Variable approach to string theory. The Exact Renormalization Group is applied to a world sheet theory describing string propagation in a general background involving both massless and massive modes. This gives interacting equations of motion for the modes of the string. Loop variable techniques are used to obtain gauge invariant equations. Since this method is not tied to flat space time or any particular background metric, it is manifestly background independent. The technique can be applied to both open and closed strings. Thus gauge invariant and generally covariant interacting equations of motion can be written for massive higher spin fields in arbitrary backgrounds. Some explicit examples are given.

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