WORLD-SHEET AND SPACE-TIME PHYSICS IN 2-DIMENSIONAL (SUPER)STRING THEORY

被引:139
作者
DIFRANCESCO, P
KUTASOV, D
机构
[1] Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University, Princeton
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/0550-3213(92)90337-B
中图分类号
O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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摘要
We show that tree-level "resonant" N-tachyon scattering amplitudes, which define a sensible "bulk" S-matrix in critical (super)string theory in any dimension, have a simple structure in two-dimensional space-time, due to partial decoupling of a certain infinite set of discrete states. We also argue that the general (non-resonant) amplitudes are determined by the resonant ones, and calculate them explicitly, finding an interesting analytic structure. Finally, we discuss the space-time interpretation of our results.
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页码:119 / 170
页数:52
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