3 papers
hep-th2026
Boundary observables in string field theory
Klaus Kaja, Carlo Maccaferri, Ulisses Portugal +1
Starting from the gauge invariant action for free string field theory with boundary recently constructed in 2506.05969, we define new gauge invariant observables which are analogou…
hep-th2026
Gauge-invariant action for free string field theory with boundary
Carlo Maccaferri, Alberto Ruffino, Jakub Vošmera
We construct fully gauge-invariant kinetic terms for open and closed string field theories on a target space with boundary. This is realized by promoting the gauge parameters at th…
hep-th2025
Boundary Modes in String Field Theory
Carlo Maccaferri, Riccardo Poletti, Alberto Ruffino +1
We discuss the construction of boundary contributions to free string field theory actions in the context of the bosonic string. We show that it is generally possible to obtain a we…