Origin of gauge invariance in string theory. II. The closed string

Gary T. Horowitz and Andrew Strominger
Phys. Rev. D 34, 3097 – Published 15 November 1986
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Abstract

A recently developed geometric approach to quantizing the open bosonic string is extended to the case of the closed string. Spacetime gauge invariance arises naturally from spacelike translations on the world sheet.

  • Received 18 August 1986

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.34.3097

©1986 American Physical Society

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Gary T. Horowitz

  • Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106

Andrew Strominger

  • Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 and Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106

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Vol. 34, Iss. 10 — 15 November 1986

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