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The master equation of string theory

1992; Elsevier BV; Volume: 381; Issue: 1-2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/0550-3213(92)90644-q

ISSN

1873-1562

Autores

Erik Verlinde,

Tópico(s)

Algebraic structures and combinatorial models

Resumo

A general method is presented for deriving on-shell Ward identities in string theory. It is shown that all tree-level Ward identities can be summarized in a single quadratic differential equation for the generating function of all amplitudes. This result is extended to loop amplitudes and leads to a master equation à la Batalin-Vilkovisky for the complete partition function.

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