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A covariant open bosonic string field theory including the endpoint and middlepoint interaction

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Zeitschrift für Physik C Particles and Fields

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Extending the usual endpoint and midpoint interactions, we introduce numerous kinds of interactions, labelled by a parameter λ and obtain a non-commutative and associative string field algebra by adding up all interactions. With this algebra we develop a covariant open bosonic string field theory, which reduces to Witten's open bosonic string field theory under a special string length choice.

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  1. Center of Theoretical Physics, CCAST, World Laboratory Beijing, Peoples Republic of China

    B. -G. Liu

  2. Institute of Modern Physics, Northwest University, Xian, Peoples Republic of China

    B. -G. Liu & Y. -X. Chen

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Liu, B.G., Chen, Y.X. A covariant open bosonic string field theory including the endpoint and middlepoint interaction. Z. Phys. C - Particles and Fields 39, 547–551 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01555985

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