Published October 16, 1986 | Version v1
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New candidates for string field theory from the cohomology of C* algebras

Creators

  • 1. Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ (USA). School of Natural Sciences
  • 2. Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ (USA). School of Mathematics
  • 3. European Organization for Nuclear Research, Geneva (Switzerland). TH-Div.

Description

Candidates for string field theories are constructed from the equivariant cohomology of two C*-algebras. The C*-algebras are constructed in a standard way from two foliations, corresponding to open and closed strings. The open string case is similar to the * operation of Witten. The classification of possible theories is related to the cohomology of spacetime and the cohomology of the Virasoro algebra. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Lett., B
Journal Volume
179
Journal Issue
1/2
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
43-46
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
18003242
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
EIGENVALUES; LAGRANGIAN FIELD THEORY; LIE GROUPS; SMOOTH MANIFOLDS; SPACE-TIME; SPECTRA; STRING MODELS; TOPOLOGICAL MAPPING; TOPOLOGY
Descriptors DEC
EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; FIELD THEORIES; MATHEMATICAL MANIFOLDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SYMMETRY GROUPS; TRANSFORMATIONS

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract DE-AC02-76-ER02220