Open and Closed String field theory interpreted in classical Algebraic Topology

2003/02/26 by Dennis Sullivan, Sullivan, Dennis · 3 citations
Computer Science · Mathematics · #Computational Physics and Python Applications #Distributed and Parallel Computing Systems #math.GT #math.QA

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.math/0302332

19 pages

arxiv created 2003/02/26 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

There is an interpretation of open string field theory in algebraic topology. An interpretation of closed string field theory can be deduced from this open string theory to obtain as well the interpretation of open and closed string field theory combined.

Cited by

• The Goresky-Hingston Coproduct on Based Loop Spaces
• String topology coproduct and Turaev cobracket on surfaces
• Renormalization of Chern-Simons Wilson Loops via Flux Quantization in Cohomotopy

Related

• Closed String Field Theory: An Introduction
• On the homology of open-closed string field theory
• Homotopy Classification of Bosonic String Field Theory
• String Field Theory: A Review
• On the Correspondence of Open and Closed Strings