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arxiv: hep-th/0212048 · v2 · submitted 2002-12-04 · ✦ hep-th

Comments on the global constraints in light-cone string and membrane theories

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keywords constraintsglobalmembranestringcaseclosedconditiongauge
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In the light-cone closed string and toroidal membrane theories, we associate the global constraints with gauge symmetries. In the closed string case, we show that the physical states defined by the BRS charge satisfy the level-matching condition. In the toroidal membrane case, we show that the Faddeev-Popov ghost and anti-ghost corresponding to the global constraints are essentially free even if we adopt any gauge fixing condition for the local constraint. We discuss the quantum double-dimensional reduction of the wrapped supermembrane with the global constraints.

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