Dual pion model with zero intercept and nine dimensions

The recent work of Gervais and Neveu is a promising way of building dual models with intercept not equal to one, yet preserving the gauges of Virasoro. In this work, we generalize their work to include the dual pion model. We give an explicit form for the 4-point function. We find that, as in the original model, Regge behavior is broken. Furthermore, we find that the lowest-mass meson has even G parity and is therefore not a likely candidate for the pion.