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BRST light-cone quantization of the bosonic string Lagrangian

Journal Article · · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (USA)
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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627 (US)

The quantized theory of the bosonic string is formulated in a Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin- (BRST-)invariant manner by fixing the light-cone gauge in Polyakov's Lagrangian. The BRST charge involved in the light-cone gauge is computed using the conformal-invariance principle. Finally it is shown that the conformal anomaly associated with this new gauge fixing cancels at dimensions of space-time equal to 26.

DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76ER13065
OSTI ID:
5714036
Journal Information:
Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (USA), Journal Name: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (USA) Vol. 43:4; ISSN PRVDA; ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English