Published November 8, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

On semiclassical limits of string states

  • 1. Institute of Cosmology, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155 (United States)
  • 2. Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, CA 95616 (United States)
  • 3. C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY 11794 (United States)

Description

We explore the relation between classical and quantum states in both open and closed (super)strings discussing the relevance of coherent states as a semiclassical approximation. For the closed string sector a gauge-fixing of the residual world-sheet rigid translation symmetry of the light-cone gauge is needed for the construction to be possible. The circular target-space loop example is worked out explicitly

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2007.09.005

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2007.09.005;
arXiv
arXiv:0706.0731v1;
PII
S0370-2693(07)01134-3;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
655
Journal Issue
5-6
Journal Page Range
p. 284-289
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
39051947
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ANNIHILATION OPERATORS; EIGENSTATES; LIGHT CONE; SEMICLASSICAL APPROXIMATION; STRING THEORY; SYMMETRY
Descriptors DEC
APPROXIMATIONS; CALCULATION METHODS; M-THEORY; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; QUANTUM OPERATORS; SPACE-TIME

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2007 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.