Published April 7, 1988
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Journal article
Ghost freedom and string actions
Creators
- 1. Southampton Univ. (UK). Dept. of Physics
- 2. Liverpool Univ. (UK). Dept. of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
Description
We prove that the effective action for a closed bosonic string propagating in a massless background is ghost free to all orders in α'. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Lett., B
- Journal Volume
- 203
- Journal Issue
- 4
- Series
- Phys. Lett., B.
- Journal Page Range
- 378-380
- ISSN
- 0370-2693
- CODEN
- PYLBA
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 19064448
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ACTION INTEGRAL; BOSONS; FUNCTIONALS; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; LAGRANGIAN FIELD THEORY; MASSLESS PARTICLES; PERTURBATION THEORY; STRING MODELS
- Descriptors DEC
- ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; FIELD THEORIES; INTEGRALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY