BRS INVARIANCE AND UNITARITY IN CLOSED STRING FIELD-THEORY

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HATA, H
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[1] Department of Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto
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10.1016/0550-3213(90)90078-R
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O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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We study the unitarity of loop amplitudes in the new path-integral formalism of covariant closed string field theory. The quantum action is given by adding to the classical action the correction terms which are higher order in h{stroke} and recover the BRS symmetry breaking caused by the path-integral measure. Surprisingly, we find that the unitarity holds for g( ≤ 3)-loop amplitudes. This indicates that the BRS invariance automatically ensures the unitarity. © 1990.
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