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Reduction of open string amplitudes by mostly BRST exact operators. (English) Zbl 07417974

Summary: We study two and three-point tree-level amplitudes of open strings. These amplitudes are reduced from higher-point correlation functions by using mostly BRST exact operators for gauge fixing. For simplicity, we focus on an open string tachyon. The two-point amplitude of open string tachyons is reduced from a three-point function of two tachyon vertex operators and one mostly BRST exact operator. Similarly the three-point amplitude is from a four-point function of three tachyon vertex operators and one mostly BRST exact operator. One can also obtain the two-point amplitude from the four-point function of two tachyon vertex operators and two mostly BRST exact operators. In these derivation from four-point functions, moduli integrals are significant. We discuss the overall signs of amplitudes which are indefinite in this formalism.

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81-XX Quantum theory
83-XX Relativity and gravitational theory
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