On first-order formalism in string theory

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2005.12.010zbMATH Open1247.81392arXivhep-th/0510065OpenAlexW2116836582MaRDI QIDQ453970FDOQ453970

Authors: Andrei S. Losev, Andrei Marshakov, Anton M. Zeitlin 

Publication date: 30 September 2012

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

Abstract: We consider the first order formalism in string theory, providing a new off-shell description of the nontrivial backgrounds around an "infinite metric". The OPE of the vertex operators, corresponding to the background fields in some "twistor representation", and conditions of conformal invariance results in the quadratic equation for the background fields, which appears to be equivalent to the Einstein equations with a Kalb-Ramond B-field and a dilaton. Using a new representation for the Einstein equations with B-field and dilaton we find a new class of solutions including the plane waves for metric (graviton) and the B-field. We discuss the properties of these background equations and main features of the BRST operator in this approach.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0510065

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zbMATH Keywords

conformal field theorystring theorysigma model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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