Numerical Evaluation of Gauge Invariants for $a$-gauge Solutions in Open String Field Theory

TL;DR

This paper numerically evaluates gauge invariants for $a$-gauge solutions in open string field theory, demonstrating their stability and gauge equivalence to known solutions through an efficient iterative method.

Contribution

It introduces a new iterative procedure ensuring BRST invariance and evaluates gauge invariants, confirming gauge equivalence of solutions in open string field theory.

Findings

Gauge invariants are numerically stable and match Schnabl's solution.

The iterative method effectively ensures BRST invariance.

Results support gauge equivalence of numerical and analytical solutions.

Abstract

We evaluate gauge invariants (vacuum energy and gauge invariant overlap) for numerical classical solutions in cubic open string field theory under Asano-Kato's $a$-gauge fixing condition. We propose an efficient iterative procedure for solving the equations of motion so that the BRST invariance of the solutions is numerically ensured. The resulting gauge invariants are numerically stable and almost equal to those of Schnabl's tachyon vacuum solution in the well-defined region of a gauge parameter. These results provide further evidence that the numerical and analytical solutions are gauge equivalent.