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A Jost-Schroer theorem for string fields

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It is shown that the truncated Wightman functions of three or more string-localized fields vanish if they are solutions of a Klein-Gordon equation in each variable. As an application it is shown that a string field is a free field if its two-point functions are those of a free field. Another application to perturbation theory is pointed out.

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  1. Fakultät für Physik, Universität Bielefeld, D-4800, Bielefeld 1, Germany

    O. Steinmann

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Steinmann, O. A Jost-Schroer theorem for string fields. Commun.Math. Phys. 87, 259–264 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01218564

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