pith. sign in

arxiv: hep-th/0411166 · v2 · submitted 2004-11-18 · ✦ hep-th

Timelike T-duality in the string field Schrodinger functional

classification ✦ hep-th
keywords stringfieldfunctionaltheoryevolutionschrodingertimelikeexchanging
0
0 comments X
read the original abstract

Timelike T-duality of string theory appears as a symmetry of time evolution in string field theory, exchanging evolution through times t and 1/t, and exchanging boundary states with backgrounds. This is demonstrated by constructing the string field Schrodinger functional, the generator of time evolution, based on Feynman diagram arguments and in analogy with quantum field theory. There, the functional can be described using only properties of first quantised particles on a timelike orbifold. Using new sewing rules applicable to both open and closed strings we generalise this approach to bosonic string theory and express the string field Schrodinger functional in terms of strings on S^1/Z_2.

This paper has not been read by Pith yet.

discussion (0)

Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.