Published March 30, 2016 | Version v1
Journal article

On the pure spinor heterotic superstring b ghost

  • 1. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 2Y5 (Canada)
  • 2. Instituto de Física Teórica, UNESP - University Estadual Paulista, ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research, Rua Dr. Bento Teobaldo Ferraz 271, 01140-070, São Paulo, SP (Brazil)

Description

A simplified pure spinor superstring b ghost in a curved heterotic background was constructed recently. The b ghost is a composite operator and it is not holomorphic. However, it satisfies ∂̄b=[Q,Ω], where Q is the BRST charge. In this paper, we find a possible Ω.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2016)200; Available from http://repo.scoap3.org/record/14999

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Journal Volume
2016
Journal Issue
03
Journal Page Range
p. 200
ISSN
1029-8479

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
48050617
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; SPINORS; SUPERSTRING MODELS; SUPERSTRING THEORY
Descriptors DEC
COMPOSITE MODELS; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; M-THEORY; PARTICLE MODELS; QUARK MODEL; STRING MODELS; STRING THEORY

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Copyright
Copyright (c) OPEN ACCESS, © The Authors
Notes
PUBLISHER-ID: JHEP03(2016)200; ARXIV:1512.00807; OAI: oai:repo.scoap3.org:14999
Funding organization
SCOAP3, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)