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Open bosonic string in the proper-time gauge

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6493871

A path integral formulation of the first quantization of an open bosonic string in the proper-time gauge is discussed. The string propagator given by a path integral a la Polyakov, is evaluated in the proper-time gauge. The evaluated propagator uniquely determines the action for the free string field in the second quantized theory. The BRST invariant action for a free bosonic string field proposed by Siegel is shown to emerge naturally. 39 refs.

Research Organization:
Washington Univ., Seattle (USA). Dept. of Physics
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-81ER40048
OSTI ID:
6493871
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/40048-07-P7; ON: DE87011077
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English