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QED as the tensionless limit of the spinning string with contact interaction

Edwards, James P.; Mansfield, Paul

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James P. Edwards

Paul Mansfield



Abstract

QED with spinor matter is argued to correspond to the tensionless limit of spinning strings with contact interactions. The strings represent electric lines of force with charges at their ends. The interaction is constructed from a delta-function on the world-sheet which, although off-shell, decouples from the world-sheet metric. Integrating out the string degrees of freedom with fixed boundary generates the super-Wilson loop that couples spinor matter to electromagnetism in the world-line formalism. World-sheet and world-line, but not spacetime, supersymmetry underpin the model.

Citation

Edwards, J. P., & Mansfield, P. (2015). QED as the tensionless limit of the spinning string with contact interaction. Physics Letters B, 746, 335-340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2015.05.024

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date May 11, 2015
Online Publication Date May 14, 2015
Publication Date Jun 30, 2015
Deposit Date Jul 13, 2015
Publicly Available Date Jul 22, 2015
Journal Physics Letters B
Print ISSN 0370-2693
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 746
Pages 335-340
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2015.05.024
Keywords Quantum electrodynamics, String theory, Tensionless limit.

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