Hamiltonian and Path Integral Formulations of the Nambu-Goto D1-Brane Action With and Without a Dilaton Field Under Gauge-Fixing

Authors: Usha Kulshreshtha¹; D. Kulshreshtha²

Source: International Journal of Theoretical Physics, Volume 43, Number 12, December 2004 , pp. 2355-2369(15)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

The Hamiltonian and path integral formulations of the Nambu-Goto D1-brane action with and without a scalar dilaton field are investigated under appropriate gauge-fixing.

Keywords: Nambu-Goto action; D1-brane; string theory

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10773-004-7704-5

Affiliations: 1: Department of Physics, Keshav Mahavidyalaya, University of Delhi, Keshavpuram, Delhi, India, 2: Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi, India, Email: dsk@physics.du.ac.in, dsk@physik.uni-kl.de

Publication date: 2004-12-01