Published October 29, 1990
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Journal article
The equivalence of NSR and GS four-dimensional twisted strings
- 1. Zurich Univ. (Switzerland). Inst. fuer Theoretische Physik
- 2. Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule, Zurich (Switzerland). Inst. fuer Theoretische Physik
- 3. Ecole Normale Superieure, 75 - Paris (France). Lab. de Physique Theorique
Description
Using a general construction of the modular invariant partition function for four-dimensional strings with twisted, orbifold-like, boundary conditions, we discuss the equivalence of their Neveu-Schwarz-Ramond and Green-Schwarz formulations. Four-dimensional GS strings are found to be equivalent to the class of NSR theories on orbifolds based on the canonical, free supercurrent, with underlying N=2 linear world-sheet supersymmetry. This equivalence provides interesting insights on the consistency conditions for all order modular invariance to be applied on four-dimensional Green-Schwarz strings. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Physics B, Particle Physics
- Journal Volume
- 343
- Journal Issue
- 3
- Series
- Nucl. Phys. B, Part. Phys.
- Journal Page Range
- 716-740
- ISSN
- 0550-3213
- CODEN
- NUPBB
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 22000103
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ALGEBRAIC CURRENTS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONFORMAL INVARIANCE; FOUR-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; ORBITS; PARTITION FUNCTIONS; SMOOTH MANIFOLDS; SPACE-TIME; STRING MODELS; SUPERSYMMETRY; TRAJECTORIES; TWISTOR THEORY
- Descriptors DEC
- CURRENTS; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; FUNCTIONS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL MANIFOLDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; SYMMETRY