A proof of local background independence of classical closed string field theory

DOI10.1016/0550-3213(94)90258-5zbMath1007.81523MaRDI QIDQ5918007

Ashoke Sen, Barton Zwiebach

Publication date: 6 March 2000

Published in: Nuclear Physics. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0550-3213(94)90258-5

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

81T40: Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics

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

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