Exploring the spectrum of regularized bosonic string theory

Journal Article · Sun Mar 15 04:00:00 EDT 2015 · Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063776115030024· OSTI ID:22472370

We implement a UV regularization of the bosonic string by truncating its mode expansion and keeping the regularized theory “as diffeomorphism invariant as possible.” We compute the regularized determinant of the 2d Laplacian for the closed string winding around a compact dimension, obtaining the effective action in this way. The minimization of the effective action reliably determines the energy of the string ground state for a long string and/or for a large number of space-time dimensions. We discuss the possibility of a scaling limit when the cutoff is taken to infinity.

• OSTI ID: 22472370
• Journal Information: Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Journal Issue: 3 Vol. 120; ISSN JTPHES; ISSN 1063-7761
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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