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Open strings, Born--Infeld action and the heat kernel

2000/01/20 by Wolfgang Kummer, W. Kummer, Kummer, W. +3
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/0001125

9 pages, an important note is added at the end of the paper

openalex publication_date 2000/01/20 · arxiv created 2000/01/24 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

In the derivation of the Born-Infeld action for the case with a nontrivial boundary of the string world sheet the appearance of a new term changes the conformal anomaly. This may have many consequences, especially also in the study of generalized interacting brane systems.

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