Published November 30, 1989 | Version v1
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A covariant action for the heterotic superstring with manifest spacetime supersymmetry and world-sheet superconformal invariance

Creators

  • 1. Rutgers - the State Univ., Piscataway, NJ (USA). Dept. of Physics
  • 2. Chicago Univ., IL (USA). Enrico Fermi Inst.

Description

By using twistor-like fields similar to those of Sorokin, Tkach, Volkov, and Zheltukhin, the covariant Green-Schwarz action for the heterotic superstring is expressed in a form that manifestly displays both spacetime supersymmetry and N=1/2 world-sheet superconformal invariance. This new expression for the action may be useful in light-cone gauge spacetime supersymmetric calculations of heterotic superstring scattering amplitudes. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters, (Section) B
Journal Volume
232
Journal Issue
2
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
184-185
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
21021010
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ACTION INTEGRAL; CONFORMAL INVARIANCE; GAUGE INVARIANCE; LAGRANGIAN FIELD THEORY; LIGHT CONE; SCATTERING AMPLITUDES; STRING MODELS; SUPERSYMMETRY; TRAJECTORIES; TWISTOR THEORY
Descriptors DEC
AMPLITUDES; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; FIELD THEORIES; INTEGRALS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SPACE-TIME; SYMMETRY

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Grant PHY-85-21588; DE-AC02-80ER10587