Conformal C and Empty Spaces of Petrov Type N

Conformal Einstein spaces are of particular interest in General Relativity and Quantum Gravity. We present a set of necessary and sufficient conditions for a Petrov type N space-time to be conformally related to an empty space. The conditions are developed in two stages: first, we give necessary and sufficient conditions in Newman-Penrose, spinor, and tensor notation for a space to be conformal to a C-space; second, we establish the sufficiency of a set of additional tensorial conditions for a conformal C-space to be conformal to an empty space.     

Covariant open string field theory on multiple Dp-branes

We study covariant open bosonic string field theories on multiple Dp-branes by using the deformed cubic string field theory, which is equivalent to string field theory in the proper-time gauge. Constructing the Fock space representations of the three-string vertex and the four-string vertex on multiple Dp-branes, we obtain the field theoretical effective action in the zero-slope limit. On multiple D0-branes, the effective action reduces to the Banks-Fishler-Shenker-Susskind(BFSS) matrix model. We also discuss the relation between open string field theory on multiple D-instantons in the zero-slope limit and the Ishibashi-Kawai-Kitazawa-Tsuchiya(IKKT) matrix model.The covariant open string field theory on multiple Dp-branes could be useful to study the non-perturbative properties of quantum field theories in(p+1)-dimensions in the framework of the string theory. The non-zero-slope corrections may be evaluated systematically by using covariant string field theory.     

On a Unified Theory of Generalized Branes Coupled to Gauge Fields,Including the Gravitational and Kalb–Ramond Fields

We investigate a theory in which fundamental objects are branes described in terms of higher grade coordinates encoding both the motion of a brane as a whole, and its volume evolution. We thus formulate a dynamics which generalizes the dynamics of the usual branes. Geometrically, coordinates and associated coordinate frame fields {} extend the notion of geometry from spacetime to that of an enlarged space, called Clifford space or C-space. If we start from four-dimensional spacetime, then the dimension of C-space is 16. The fact that C-space has more than four dimensions suggests that it could serve as a realization of Kaluza-Klein idea. The “extra dimensions” are not just the ordinary extra dimensions, they are related to the volume degrees of freedom, therefore they are physical, and need not be compactified. Gauge fields are due to the metric of Clifford space. It turns out that amongst the latter gauge fields there also exist higher grade, antisymmetric fields of the Kalb–Ramond type, and their non-Abelian generalization. All those fields are naturally coupled to the generalized branes, whose dynamics is given by a generalized Howe–Tucker action in curved C-space.     

Homotopy Classification of Bosonic String Field Theory

We prove the decomposition theorem for the loop homotopy Lie algebra of quantum closed string field theory and use it to show that closed string field theory is unique up to gauge transformations on a given string background and given S-matrix. For the theory of open and closed strings we use results in open-closed homotopy algebra to show that the space of inequivalent open string field theories is isomorphic to the space of classical closed string backgrounds. As a further application of the open-closed homotopy algebra, we show that string field theory is background independent and locally unique in a very precise sense. Finally, we discuss topological string theory in the framework of homotopy algebras and find a generalized correspondence between closed strings and open string field theories.     

Interaction in scalar field theory with a fundamental length

A certain generalization is considered of the apparatus of quantum field theory in a momentum space of constant curvature. The passage to a configuration representation is accomplished by using a Fourier transformation in terms of plane waves of pseudo-Euclidean five-space. In momentum space de Sitter constructed a model of the interaction between complex and real scalar fields and the corresponding graphical technique.Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 4, pp. 58–63, April, 1984.     

非对易相空间中的狄拉克振子的能级和Wigner函数

非对易几何、弦论和圈量子引力理论的发展,使非对易空间受到越来越多的关注.非对易量子理论不同于平常的量子理论,它是弦尺度下的特殊的物理效应,处理非对易量子力学问题需要特殊方法.本文首先介绍了Moyal方程与Wigner函数,利用Moyal-Weyl乘法与Bopp变换将H(x,p)变换成^H(^x,^p),考虑坐标—坐标、动量—动量的非对易性,实现对非对易相空间中星乘本征方程的求解.并利用非对易相空间量子力学的代数关系,讨论了非对易相空间中狄拉克振子的Wigner函数和能级,研究结果发现非对易相空间中狄拉克振子的能级明显依赖于非对易参数.     

New principles for string/membrane unification

The target space theory of the N = (2,1) heterotic string may be interpreted as a theory of gravity coupled to matter in either 1 + 1 or 2 + 1 dimensions. Among the target space theories in 1 + 1 dimensions are the bosonic, type II, and heterotic string world-sheet field theories in a physical gauge. The (2 + 1)-dimensional version describes a consistent quantum theory of supermembranes in 10 + 1 dimensions. The unifying framework for all of these vacua is a theory of (2 + 2)-dimensional self-dual geometries embedded in 10 + 2 dimensions. There are also indications that the N = (2,1) string describes the strong-coupling dynamics of compactifications of critical string theories to two dimensions, and may lead to insights about the fundamental degrees of freedom of the theory.     

The conformal factor and DiffS1/S1

Two-dimensional gravity coupled with an open string is considered to geometrically construct a string field theory following Bowick and Rajeev. The phase space of this system can be thought of as an extended loop space, and is in fact a Kähler manifold. Each loop carries a conformal factor. Bowick and Rajeev's proposal is modified so that the ghost fields stand on the same footing as the x^μ-fields. The closed string field is modified to be the Kähler potential of the extended loop space. The canonical line bundle is not needed for the equation of motion for a closed string field. A covariant (free) open string field theory is constructed as a by-product in this approach.     

An inequality between intrinsic and extrinsic scalar curvature invariants for codimension 2 embeddings

We study the local and isometric embedding of an m-dimensional Lorentzian manifold in an (m+2)-dimensional pseudo-Euclidean space. An inequality is proven between the basic curvature invariants, i.e. the intrinsic scalar curvature and the extrinsic mean and scalar normal curvature. The inequality becomes an equality if the two components of the second fundamental form have a specified form with respect to some orthonormal basis of the manifold. As an application we look at the space–times embedded in a six-dimensional pseudo-Euclidean space for which the equality holds. They turn out to be Petrov type D models filled with an anisotropic perfect fluid and containing a timelike two-surface of constant curvature.     

Two-Dimensional Topological Strings Revisited

The topological string of the type A with a two-dimensional target space is studied, an explicit formula for the string partition function is found and the target space field theory reproducing this partition function is proposed. This field theory has an infinite set of additional deformations overlooked by the standard definition of the topological string. It can be in turn coupled to gravity, thereby realizing the “worldsheets for worldsheets” idea. We also exhibit the wave function nature of the string partition function and suggest a new relation to quantum integrable systems.     

Lie Superalgebra Valued Self-Dual Yang-Mills Fields and Symmetry Reduction

Abstract

Self-dual Yang-Mills fields with values in a Lie superalgebra on the four-dimensional Euclidean space and pseudo-Euclidean space of signature (2,2) can be reduced by subgroups of the corresponding conformal group to integrable systems with anticommuting degrees of freedom. Examples of reductions are presented.     

Wilson loops T-dual to short strings

We show that closed string solutions in the bulk of AdS space are related by T-duality to solutions representing an open string ending at the boundary of AdS. By combining the limit in which a closed string becomes small with a large boost, we find that the near-flat space short string in the bulk maps to a periodic open string world surface ending on a wavy line at the boundary. This open string solution was previously found by Mikhailov and corresponds to a time-like near-BPS Wilson loop differing by small fluctuations from a straight line. A simple relation is found between the shape of the Wilson loop and the shape of the closed string at the moment when it crosses the horizon of the Poincaré patch. As a result, the energy and spin of the closed string are encoded in properties of the Wilson loop. This suggests that closed string amplitudes with one of the closed strings falling into the Poincaré horizon should be dual to gauge theory correlators involving local operators and a Wilson loop of the T-dual (“momentum”) theory.     

Toward a string field theory independent of spacetime topology

We discuss the structure of the infinite-dimensional space which forms the domain of the string field. It is shown that this space is independent of the dimension of spacetime M and depends at most weakly on other topological properties of M. This suggests a formulation of string field theory which is (formally) completely independent of spacetime.     

Moduli Spaces of Instantons on the Taub-NUT Space

We present ADHM-Nahm data for instantons on the Taub-NUT space and encode these data in terms of Bow Diagrams. We study the moduli spaces of the instantons and present these spaces as finite hyperkähler quotients. As an example, we find an explicit expression for the metric on the moduli space of one SU(2) instanton.We motivate our construction by identifying a corresponding string theory brane configuration. By following string theory dualities we are led to supersymmetric gauge theories with impurities.     

Changing topology and nontrivial homotopy

A method is proposed for extending the path integral to a sum over paths which change topology. This is used to show that topological contributions to a field theory path integral arising from nontrivial homotopy on the background space are completely determined in the free theory. The method is applied to extend (“third quantize”) field theory to backgrounds which change topology (e.g. string theory) and to show that topological contributions from nontrivial homotopy of field histories in the target space are completely determined by the field theory on a fixed background.     

Slow evolution of nearly-degenerate extremal surfaces

It was conjectured recently that the string worldsheet theory for the fast moving string in AdS times a sphere becomes effectively first order in the time derivative and describes the continuous limit of an integrable spin chain. In this paper we will try to make this statement more precise. We interpret the first order theory as describing the long term evolution of the tensionless string perturbed by a small tension. The long term evolution is a Hamiltonian flow on the moduli space of periodic trajectories. It should correspond to the renormgroup flow on the field theory side.