Vacuum String Field Theory
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This is a brief review of vacuum string field theory, a new approach to open string field theory based on the stable vacuum of the tachyon. We discuss the sliver state explaining its role as a projector in the space of half-string functionals. We review the construction of D-brane solutions in vacuum string field theory, both in the algebraic approach and in the more general geometrical approach that emphasizes the role of boundary CFT. (To appear in the Proceedings of Strings 2001, Mumbai, India).
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0 v 2 3 J un 2 00 1 hep - th / 0106010 CTP - MIT - 3151 PUPT - 1992 NSF - ITP - 01 - 53 Vacuum String Field Theory
This is a brief review of vacuum string field theory, a new approach to open string field theory based on the stable vacuum of the tachyon. We discuss the sliver state explaining its role as a projector in the space of half-string functionals. We review the construction of D-brane solutions in vacuum string field theory, both in the algebraic approach and in the more general geometrical approac...
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