Comment on the background independent open string theory

1993/03/25 by Samson L. Shatashvili · 9 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Laser-Plasma Interactions and Diagnostics #Magnetic confinement fusion research #Particle Accelerators and Free-Electron Lasers #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/0370-2693(93)90537-r

published as Phys.Lett.B311:83-86,1993 · 8p., harvmac

arxiv created 1993/03/25 · openalex publication_date 1993/07/01 · arxiv updated 2010/11/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

A direct derivation of the string field theory action in the Witten's background independent open string theory for the case when ghosts and matter are decoupled is given and consequences are discussed.

Citations

• Open strings in background gauge fields
• Non-linear electrodynamics from quantized strings

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