Published December 1987 | Version v1
Journal article

Relationship among canonical quantisation, Polyakov's functional integral and BRST quantisation of the string

Creators

  • 1. Department of Theoretical Physics, I, Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3NP, England

Description

We explore the relationship among the three covariant approaches to the first quantisation of the bosonic string by using the descent equations to calculate the central extension of the Virasoro algebra and the square of the BRST charge from the Weyl anomaly. copyright 1987 Academic Press, Inc

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Ann. Phys. (N.Y.)
Journal Volume
180
Journal Issue
2
Series
Ann. Phys. (N.Y.).
Journal Page Range
330-352
ISSN
0003-4916
CODEN
APNYA

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
19037394
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
BOSONS; QUANTIZATION; RENORMALIZATION; STRING MODELS; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS
Descriptors DEC
EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; FIELD THEORIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY