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On background independence in string theory

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The problems with background independence are discussed in the example of open string theory. Based on the recent proposal by Witten I calculate the String Field Theory action in conformal perturbation theory to second order and demonstrate that the proper treatment of contact terms leads to non-trivial equations of motion. I conjecture the form of the field theory action to all orders.

Research supported by NSF grant PHY92-45317.

On leave of absence from St. Petersburg Branch of Mathematical Institute (LOMI), Fontaka 27, St. Petersburg 191011, Russia.

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    Samson L. Shatashvili

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Anton Alekseev Antero Hietamäki Katri Huitu Alexei Morozov Antti Niemi

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Shatashvili, S.L. (1994). On background independence in string theory. In: Alekseev, A., Hietamäki, A., Huitu, K., Morozov, A., Niemi, A. (eds) Integrable Models and Strings. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 436. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-58453-6_12

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