On the normalization of open-closed string amplitudes
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Sen, Ashoke
Zwiebach, Barton
Date Issued
May 21, 2025
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Journal of High Energy Physics
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Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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Sen, A., Zwiebach, B. On the normalization of open-closed string amplitudes. J. High Energ. Phys. 2025, 188 (2025).
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Abstract
We use the factorization constraints of open-closed string field theory to determine the signs and normalizations of general string amplitudes with both open and closed string external states. The normalization of all amplitudes is controlled by the genus, the number of boundaries, the number of open and closed string insertions, the string coupling and the D-brane tension. The challenge with signs arises because the relevant moduli spaces are not complex manifolds and have no obvious orientation. We deal with this by fixing a specific convention for the sign of the integration measure over the moduli space and adopting a consistent prescription for the ordering of operators and ghost insertions inside correlators.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Center for Theoretical Physics
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https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2025)188
