Closed strings from open bosonic strings

Journal Article · Sun Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 1989 · Phys. Rev. D; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.39.534· OSTI ID:6536149

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We show that closed strings can be incorporated into a bosonic open-string theory by a suitable enlargement of the open-string Fock space. We present an explicit construction of the states in this space in terms of open-string oscillators. The couplings between closed- and open-string states are those deduced from factorization over the closed-string poles of the nonplanar one-loop open-string diagram. We also construct a field theory of closed strings starting from Witten's field theory of open bosonic strings. We show that the interaction vertex is Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin invariant and that associativity anomalies are absent. We also calculate the residues of poles in the four-tachyon tree amplitude, finding agreement with dual theory.

• Research Organization: Center for Theoretical Physics, Department of Physics, Texas AandM University, College Station, Texas 77843-4242
• OSTI ID: 6536149
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. D; (United States), Vol. 39:2
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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