On the existence of the global conformal gauge in string theory

Abstract The global conformal gauge is playing the crucial role in string theory providing the basis for quantization. Its existence for two-dimensional Lorentzian metric is known locally for a long time. We prove that if a Lorentzian metric is given on a plain then the conformal gauge exists global...

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Main Author: M. O. Katanaev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2021-07-01
Series:European Physical Journal C: Particles and Fields
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09399-9