  In the AdS/CFT correspondence we consider correlation functions of
gauge-invariant operators on the gauge theory side, which we obtain in the
low-energy limit of the open string sector. To investigate this low-energy
limit we consider the action of open bosonic string field theory including
source terms for gauge-invariant operators and classically integrate out
massive fields to obtain the effective action for massless fields. While the
gauge-invariant operators depend linearly on the open string field and do not
resemble the corresponding operators such as the energy-momentum tensor in the
low-energy limit, we find that nonlinear dependence is generated in the process
of integrating out massive fields. We also find that the gauge transformation
is modified in such a way that the effective action and the modified gauge
transformation can be written in terms of the same set of multi-string products
which satisfy weak $A_\infty$ relations, and we present explicit expressions
for the multi-string products.
