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A class of theories that attempt to explain all existing particles (including force carriers) as vibrational modes of extended objects, such as the 1-dimensional fundamental string. PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS TAG for non-relativistic material strings, such as, e.g., a guitar string.
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Misconception about closed string worldsheet definition
I'm a little confused about the precise way to define the worldsheet $\Sigma$ of a closed string. Its parametrization must be of the form $X: \Sigma \longrightarrow \mathbb{R}^{1,D-1}$ and one of its …
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Logical consistence in Neumann BC in the Nambu-Goto action
Background: In Zwiebach's A First Course in String Theory, 2nd ed. equation $(6.50)$ define a kind of momentum along the $\sigma$ direction on the worldsheet (Here $\dot{X} = \partial_\tau X, \, X' = …
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Conformal transformations problem in flat worldsheet
In section 2.2 of David Tong's String Theory lecture notes, he claims that conformal transformations on the flat worldsheet are such that $$\sigma^\pm \to \tilde{\sigma}^\pm(\sigma^\pm).\tag{2.10}$$ I …
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What does really mean to glue the endpoints of a closed string?
I'm almost all string theory standard textbooks such as Polchinski, Barton Zwiebach's book, etc. It is stated that the Worldsheet (or parameter space) flor the closed string is such that the points $( …
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Confusion about choosing an Euclidean world sheet metric in String Theory path integral
When it comes to construct a well-defined path integral for the Polyakov action in Bosonic String Theory, most authors assume that the world sheet metric $g$ is Riemannian (i.e. it has Euclidean signa …
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Reason to consider only compact world-sheets in string theory
Generally speaking, the "sum over world-sheets" in string theory involves summing over all possible topologies of compact, orientable and connected, as Polchinski says in page $100$ of his first volum …
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Functional and total variations in einbein action [duplicate]
I'm currently studying String theory by Becker& Becker, Schwarz textbook. The exercise 2.3 consists in verifying diffeomorphism invariance of einbein action wich is given by
$$ S_0 = \frac{1}{2} \int …
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Physical and mathematical relation between $(\tau, \sigma)$ parameters and coordinates $X^\m...
When we define the parameter space for a string Worldsheet $\Sigma$ to be diffeomorphic to, say, $\mathbb{R} \times [0,1]$ or $\mathbb{R}\times S^1$, and use standard coordinates $(\tau, \sigma)$, $\s …
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RG equations for renormalized metric in string theory
I'm studying these PDF notes on strings on curved backgrounds and the author introduces the dimensional regularization of the theory by first defining the bare and renormalized target space metric, $G …
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Help with strange notation involving fractions of tensors
I'm currently reading the paper Open strings in background gauge fields by Callan et.al. It is frequently used a notation that is not explained anywhere. If $F_{\mu\nu}$ is the electromagnetic field …
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Are the one-loop beta functions in bosonic string theory written in terms of bare or renorma...
Given a bosonic string theory defined by the action
$$\tag1 S = \frac{1}{4\pi \alpha'}\int_\Sigma \! \mathrm{d}^2 \sigma \, \sqrt{|g|} \, \left[ G_{\mu\nu} \partial_\alpha X^\mu \partial_\beta X^\nu …
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Precise definition of a string worldsheet as a manifold in string theory
I've spent some time studying some definition in smooth manifolds theory in order to give a proper definition of a worldsheet in classical string theory at least. My attempt is the following:
Definiti …
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Residual symmetry of Polyakov action in general backgrounds
In Becker & Becker, Schwarz book String Theory and M-Theory, page $40$ is stated that after choose the conformal gauge $h_{ab} = \eta_{ab}$ in the Polyakov action with background field $G_{\mu \nu}(x) …
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Background choices that allows static gauge in string theory
Consider the Polyakov action after fixing the conformal gauge $h_{ab}=\eta_{ab}$:
$$S_P[X] = -\frac{T}{2} \int \text{d}^2 \sigma \eta^{ab} \partial_a X^\mu \partial_b X^\nu G_{\mu \nu} (X) \tag1$$
whe …
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Problems to understand closed string BCs in Polyakov action
I apologize if this is an odd question. In the derivation of equations of motion in the Polyakov action
$$S_P = -\frac{T}{2}\int d^2\sigma \sqrt{-h} h^{ab}\partial_a X^\mu\partial_bX^\nu \eta_{\mu \nu …