Published July 9, 1987 | Version v1
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Gauge fixing for the field theory of the bosonic string

Creators

  • 1. California Inst. of Tech., Pasadena (USA)
  • 2. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Rome (Italy)

Description

We give a procedure for the gauge fixing of the Witten theory of the bosonic string. The corresponding gauge-fixed action is invariant under a nilpotent BRST transformation. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Lett., B
Journal Volume
193
Journal Issue
1
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
31-36
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
19000126
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ACTION INTEGRAL; BOSONS; COMMUTATION RELATIONS; FIELD EQUATIONS; FUNCTIONALS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; LAGRANGE EQUATIONS; LAGRANGIAN FIELD THEORY; STRING MODELS
Descriptors DEC
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; EQUATIONS; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; FIELD THEORIES; INTEGRALS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY