Equivalence of the self-dual and Nambu-Goto strings

DOI10.1007/JHEP08(2011)070zbMATH Open1298.81276arXiv1012.5073WikidataQ59269289 ScholiaQ59269289MaRDI QIDQ469232FDOQ469232

Winston J. Fairbairn, K. Noui, Francesco Sardelli

Publication date: 10 November 2014

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

Abstract: We establish explicitely the relation between the algebraic and Nambu-Goto strings when the target space is a four dimensional flat space. We find that the two theories are exactly equivalent only when the algebraic string is restricted to the self-dual or anti self-dual sectors. In its Hamiltonian formulation, the algebraic string defines a constrained system with first and second class constraints. In the self-dual case, we exhibit the appropriate set of second class constraints such that the resulting physical phase space is formulated in the same way as it is in the standard Nambu-Goto string. We conclude with a discussion on alternative quantisation schemes.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1012.5073

zbMATH Keywords

bosonic stringsgauge symmetrymodels of quantum gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45) Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70)

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