Quantizing multi-pronged open string junction

Abstract

Covariant quantization of multi-pronged open bosonic string junction is studied beyond static analysis. Its excited states are described by a set of ordinary bosons as well as some sets of twisted bosons on the world-sheet. The system is characterized by a certain large algebra of twisted type which includes a single Virasoro algebra as a subalgebra. By properly defining the physical states, one can show that there are no ghosts in the Hilbert space.

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References in corpus (2)

• Extended string field theory for massless higher-spin fields
• Supersymmetric extended string field theory in NS^n sector and NS^{n-1}-R sector