Connecting solutions in open string field theory with singular gauge transformations

DOI10.1007/JHEP04(2012)107zbMATH Open1348.81366arXiv1201.5119MaRDI QIDQ339085FDOQ339085

Authors: Theodore Erler, Carlo Maccaferri 

Publication date: 7 November 2016

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

Abstract: We show that any pair of classical solutions of open string field theory can be related by a formal gauge transformation defined by a gauge parameter $U$ without an inverse. We investigate how this observation can be used to construct new solutions. We find that a choice of gauge parameter consistently generates a new solution only if the BRST charge maps the image of $U$ into itself. When this occurs, we argue that $U$ naturally defines a star algebra projector which describes a surface of string connecting the boundary conformal field theories of the classical solutions related by $U$. We also note that singular gauge transformations give the solution space of open string field theory the structure of a category, and we comment on the physical interpretation of this observation.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1201.5119

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zbMATH Keywords

string field theorytachyon condensation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

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