A note on bosonic open strings in constant B field

Abstract

We sketch the main steps of old covariant quantization of bosonic open strings in a constant $B$ field background. We comment on its space-time symmetries and the induced effective metric. The low-energy spectrum is evaluated and the appearance of a new non-commutative gauge symmetry is addressed.

13 pages, Latex, important comments added, to appear in PRD

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• String Theory and Noncommutative Geometry
• On the Deformation of $\Lambda$-Symmetry in B-field Background

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