One Loop Vacuum Energy in Non-parallel D1-Branes: A Path Integral Formulation

TL;DR

This paper calculates the one-loop vacuum energy for bosonic strings between non-parallel D1-branes using a path integral approach, providing insights into string interactions in such configurations.

Contribution

It introduces a path integral formulation to compute vacuum energy in non-parallel D1-brane setups, a novel approach for this configuration.

Findings

Derived explicit expression for vacuum energy in non-parallel D1-branes

Demonstrated the applicability of path integral methods in this context

Provided insights into string interactions between angled branes

Abstract

We derive the one loop vacuum energy of the bosonic string theory in a system of non-parallel D_1-branes using the path integral method.