String field actions from W-infinity

Abstract

Starting from $W_{\infty }$ as a fundamental symmetry and using the coadjoint orbit method, we derive an action for one dimensional strings. It is shown that on the simplest nontrivial orbit this gives the single scalar collective field theory. On higher orbits one finds generalized KdV type field theories with increasing number of components. Here the tachyon is coupled to higher tensor fields.

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