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Title: String field theory in the temporal gauge

Journal Article · · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)
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  1. KEK Theory Group, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305 (Japan) Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113 (Japan) Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa, Kyoto 606 (Japan) Department of Physics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060 (Japan)

We construct the string field Hamiltonian for [ital c]=1[minus][6/[ital m]([ital m]+1)] string theory in the temporal gauge. In order to do so, we first examine the Schwinger-Dyson equations of the matrix chain models and propose the continuum version of them. The results of boundary conformal field theory are useful in making a connection between the discrete and continuum pictures. The [ital W] constraints are derived from the continuum Schwinger-Dyson equations. We also check that these equations are consistent with other known results about noncritical string theory. The string field Hamiltonian is easily obtained from the continuum Schwinger-Dyson equations. It looks similar to the Kaku-Kikkawa Hamiltonian and may readily be generalized to [ital c][gt]1 cases.

OSTI ID:
6882398
Journal Information:
Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Vol. 50:12; ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English