Published April 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Twist quantization of string and B field background

  • 1. Department of Physics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810 (Japan)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578 (Japan)

Description

In a previous paper, we investigated the Hopf algebra structure in string theory and gave a unified formulation of the quantization of the string and the space-time symmetry. In this paper, this formulation is applied to the case with a nonzero B-field background, and the twist of the Poincare symmetry is studied. The Drinfeld twist accompanied by the B-field background gives an alternative quantization scheme, which requires a new normal ordering. In order to obtain a physical interpretation of this twisted Hopf algebra structure, we propose a method to decompose the twist into two successive twists and we give two different possibilities of decomposition. The first is a natural decomposition from the viewpoint of the twist quantization, leading to a new type of twisted Poincare symmetry. The second decomposition reveals the relation of our formulation to the twisted Poincare symmetry on the Moyal type noncommutative space.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2009/04/117

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics
Journal Volume
4
Journal Issue
2009
Journal Page Range
p. 117
ISSN
1126-6708

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