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Vacuum state of the quantum string without anomalies in any number of dimensions

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We show that the anomalies of the Virasoro algebra are due to the asymmetric behavior of raising and lowering operators with respect to the ground state of the string. With the adoption of a symmetric vacuum we obtain a non-anomalous theory in any number of dimensions, in particular forD = 4. PACS 11.25 - Theory of fundamental strings.

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  1. Departmento de Fisica, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, C.C. 67, (1900), La Plata, Argentina

    C. G. Bollini & M. C. Rocca

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This work was partially supported by Comision de Investigaciones Cientificas, Pcia. de Buenos Aires; Argentina.

We are grateful toO. Civitarese, A. L. De Paoli, J. D. Edelstein, H. Falomir, C. M. Naon, L. E. Oxman, M. Santangelo andH. Vucetich for helpful discussions.

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Bollini, C.G., Rocca, M.C. Vacuum state of the quantum string without anomalies in any number of dimensions. Il Nuovo Cimento A (1971-1996) 110, 353–361 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03035886

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