Energy momentum tensor and marginal deformations in open string field theory

Sen, Ashoke (2004) Energy momentum tensor and marginal deformations in open string field theory Journal of High Energy Physics, 2004 (8). No pp. given. ISSN 1126-6708

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Abstract

Marginal boundary deformations in a two dimensional conformal field theory correspond to a family of classical solutions of the equations of motion of open string field theory. In this paper we develop a systematic method for relating the parameter labelling the marginal boundary deformation in the conformal field theory to the parameter labelling the classical solution in open string field theory. This is done by first constructing the energy-momentum tensor associated with the classical solution in open string field theory using Noether method, and then comparing this to the answer obtained in the conformal field theory by analysing the boundary state. We also use this method to demonstrate that in open string field theory the tachyon lump solution on a circle of radius larger than one has vanishing pressure along the circle direction, as is expected for a codimension one D-brane.

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Keywords:String Field Theory; D-branes
ID Code:44012
Deposited On:20 Jun 2011 07:37
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