Effective string theory

Jun 28, 1991
11 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 67 (1991) 1681-1684
Report number:
  • UTTG-17-91

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Abstract: (APS)
The effective conformal field theory governing the long-distance dynamics of string solitions in four dimensions, such as the Nielsen-Olesen vortex or QCD strings, is described. It is an interacting Poincaré-invariant conformal field theory with four bosons and c=26. The compatibility of these naively contradictory features is explicitly demonstrated through second order in a perturbation expansion about the long-string vacuum.
  • string model
  • field theory: soliton
  • field theory: conformal
  • effective action
  • central charge: 26
  • field theory: Liouville
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