String Theory As Dissipative Quantum Mechanics
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We argue that vacuum configurations of open strings correspond to CaldeiraLeggett models of dissipative quantum mechanics (DQM) evaluated at a delocalization critical point. This connection reveals that critical DQM will manifest reparametrization invariance (inherited from the conformal invariance of string theory) rather than just scale invariance. This connection should open up new ways of constructing analytic and approximate solutions of open string theory (in particular, topological solitons such as monopoles and instantons). Submitted to Nuclear Physics B * Work supported by the Department of Energy, contract DE-AC03-76SF00515. t Supported in part by DOE grant DE-AC02-84-15534
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