Covariant BRST Quantization of Closed Strings in the PP-Wave Background

dc.creatorChizaki, Yoichi
dc.creatorYahikozawa, Shigeaki
dc.date2006-08-25
dc.date2006-11-30
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T11:07:09Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T11:07:09Z
dc.descriptionWe canonically quantize closed string theory in the pp-wave background with a non-zero flux of the three-form field strength by using the covariant BRST operator formalism. In this canonical quantization, we completely construct new covariant free-mode representations, for which it is particularly important to take account of the commutation relations of the zero mode of the light-cone string coordinate X^{-} with other modes. All covariant string coordinates are composed of the free-modes. Moreover, employing these covariant string coordinates for the energy-momentum tensor, we calculate the anomaly in the Virasoro algebra and determine the number of dimensions of spacetime and the ordering constant from the nilpotency condition of the BRST charge in the pp-wave background.
dc.description30 pages
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0608185
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0608185
dc.identifierProg.Theor.Phys.116:937-964,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1143/PTP.116.937
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/189750
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectQuantum Physics
dc.titleCovariant BRST Quantization of Closed Strings in the PP-Wave Background
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