String quantization in curved spacetimes: Null string approach

DOI10.1142/S0217732395002611MaRDI QIDQ2728111zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors H. J. de Vega, Ioannis Giannakis, A. Nicolaidis

Publication date 31 July 2001

Published in Modern Physics Letters A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9412081

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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: We study quantum strings in strong gravitational fields. The relevant small parameter is $g=R_{c}sqrt{T}_0$, where $R_c$ is the curvature of the spacetime and $T_0$ is the string tension. Within our systematic expansion we obtain to zeroth order the null string (string with zero tension), while the first order correction incorporates the string dynamics. We apply our formalism to quantum null strings in de Sitter spacetime. After a reparametrization of the world-sheet coordinates, the equations of motion are simplified. The quantum algebra generated by the constraints is considered, ordering the momentum operators to the right of the coordinate operators. No critical dimension appears. It is anticipated however that the conformal anomaly will appear when the first order corrections proportional to $T_0$, are introduced.

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