Published July 13, 1989 | Version v1
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Lorentz-covariant quantization of the heterotic superstring

Creators

  • 1. Maryland Univ., College Park (USA). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
  • 2. Brandeis Univ., Waltham, MA (USA). Dept. of Physics
  • 3. Stockholm Univ. (Sweden). Dept. of Theoretical Physics
  • 4. State Univ. of New York, Stony Brook (USA). Inst. for Theoretical Physics
  • 5. New York Univ., NY (USA). Dept. of Physics

Description

We use the Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism to quantize the heterotic superstring in a gauge which manifestly preserves supersymmetry and Lorentz covariance. We explicitly construct the BV action before gauge-fixing in closed form, including the complicated four-ghost sector. The gauge-fixed action is completely quadratic and the conformal anomaly vanishes in d=10. (orig.)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters, (Section) B
Journal Volume
225
Journal Issue
1/2
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
44-48
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
20066552
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ACTION INTEGRAL; CONFORMAL INVARIANCE; FERMIONS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; LORENTZ INVARIANCE; MANY-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; QUANTIZATION; STRING MODELS; SUPERSYMMETRY
Descriptors DEC
EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; INTEGRALS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; SYMMETRY

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Grant PHY-87-46846; PHY-83-12342; PHY-85-07627; PHY-87-15995