Isolated States and the Classical Phase Spase of 2-d String Theory

Abstract

We investigate the classical phase space of 2-d string theory. We derive the linearised covariant equations for the spacetime fields by considering the most general deformation of the energy-momentum tensor which describes $c=1$ matter system coupled to 2-d gravity and by demanding that it respect conformal invariance. We derive the gauge invariances of the theory, and so investigate the classical phase space, defined as the space of all solutions to the equations of motion modulo gauge transformations. We thus clarify the origins of two classes of isolated states.