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Closed String Field Theory: Quantum Action and the BV Master Equation
Barton Zwiebach
The complete quantum theory of covariant closed strings is constructed in detail. The action is defined by elementary vertices satisfying recursion relations that give rise to Jaco…
The Plumbing of Minimal Area Metrics
Michael Wolf, Barton Zwiebach
We study the metric of minimal area on a punctured Riemann surface under the condition that all nontrivial homotopy closed curves be longer than or equal to . By constructing d…
Interpolating String Field Theories
Barton Zwiebach
A minimal area problem imposing different length conditions on open and closed curves is shown to define a one parameter family of covariant open-closed quantum string field theori…
Algebraic Structures and Differential Geometry in 2D String Theory
Edward Witten, Barton Zwiebach
A careful treatment of closed string BRST cohomology shows that there are more discrete states and associated symmetries in string theory than has been recognized hitherto. T…
Target Space Duality as a Symmetry of String Field Theory
Taichiro Kugo, Barton Zwiebach
Toroidal backgrounds for bosonic strings are used to understand target space duality as a symmetry of string field theory and to study explicitly issues in background independence.…