Nonrelativistic string theory in background fields
Creators
- 1. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (Canada)
Description
Nonrelativistic string theory is a unitary, ultraviolet finite quantum gravity theory with a nonrelativistic string spectrum. The vertex operators of the worldsheet theory determine the spacetime geometry of nonrelativistic string theory, known as the string Newton-Cartan geometry. We compute the Weyl anomaly of the nonrelativistic string worldsheet sigma model describing strings propagating in a string Newton-Cartan geometry, Kalb-Ramond and dilaton background. We derive the equations of motion that dictate the backgrounds on which nonrelativistic string theory can be consistently defined quantum mechanically. The equations of motion we find from our study of the conformal anomaly of the worldsheet theory are to nonrelativistic string theory what the (super)gravity equations of motion are to relativistic string theory.
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Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
- Journal Volume
- 2019
- Journal Issue
- 10
- Journal Page Range
- p. 1-27
- ISSN
- 1029-8479
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Germany
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 54064886
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CONFORMAL INVARIANCE; DILATONS; EQUATIONS OF MOTION; GEOMETRY; QUANTUM GRAVITY; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RELATIVISTIC RANGE; SIGMA MODEL; SPACE-TIME; SPECTRA; STRING THEORY; SUPERGRAVITY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
- Descriptors DEC
- BOSON-EXCHANGE MODELS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY RANGE; EQUATIONS; FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICS; MECHANICS; M-THEORY; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTICLE MODELS; PERIPHERAL MODELS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; RADIATIONS; UNIFIED FIELD THEORIES
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- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2019 The Author(s)