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Relationship among canonical quantisation, Polyakov's functional integral and BRST quantisation of the string

Journal Article · · Ann. Phys. (N.Y.); (United States)
We explore the relationship among the three covariant approaches to the first quantisation of the bosonic string by using the descent equations to calculate the central extension of the Virasoro algebra and the square of the BRST charge from the Weyl anomaly. copyright 1987 Academic Press, Inc.
Research Organization:
Department of Theoretical Physics, I, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3NP, England
OSTI ID:
5582799
Journal Information:
Ann. Phys. (N.Y.); (United States), Journal Name: Ann. Phys. (N.Y.); (United States) Vol. 180:2; ISSN APNYA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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