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The singular geometry of the sliver
Gregory Moore, Washington Taylor
We consider "sliver" states which act as projection operators in the matter star product of Witten's cubic string field theory. These sliver states, which might be associated with…
Split string field theory II
David J. Gross, Washington Taylor
We describe the ghost sector of cubic string field theory in terms of degrees of freedom on the two halves of a split string. In particular, we represent a class of pure ghost BRST…
Split string field theory I
David J. Gross, Washington Taylor
We describe projection operators in the matter sector of Witten's cubic string field theory using modes on the right and left halves of the string. These projection operators repre…
Gauge Invariance and Tachyon Condensation in Open String Field Theory
Ian Ellwood, Washington Taylor
The gauge invariance of open string field theory is considered from the point of view of level truncation, and applications to the tachyon condensation problem are discussed. We sh…
Open string field theory without open strings
Ian Ellwood, Washington Taylor
Witten's cubic open string field theory is expanded around the perturbatively stable vacuum, including all scalar fields at levels 0, 2, 4 and 6. The (approximate) BRST cohomology…
M(atrix) Theory: Matrix Quantum Mechanics as a Fundamental Theory
Washington Taylor
A self-contained review is given of the matrix model of M-theory. The introductory part of the review is intended to be accessible to the general reader. M-theory is an eleven-dime…