Published September 1, 1997
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Journal article
Self-dual supergravity from N=2 strings
Creators
- 1. Theoretical Physics Group, Mail Stop 50A-5101, Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720 (United States)
- 2. California Univ., Berkeley (United States). Dept. of Physics
- 3. Instituut voor Theoretische Fysica, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200D, B-3001 Leuven (Belgium)
Description
A new heterotic N=2 string with manifest target space supersymmetry is constructed by combining a conventional N=2 string in the right-moving sector and a Green-Schwarz-Berkovits type string in the left-moving sector. The corresponding sigma model is then obtained by turning on background fields for the massless excitations. We compute the beta functions and we partially check the OPE's of the superconformal algebra perturbatively in α', all in superspace. The resulting field equations describe N=1 self-dual supergravity. (orig.)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nuclear Physics. B
- Journal Volume
- 500
- Journal Issue
- 1-3
- Journal Page Range
- p. 192-223.
- ISSN
- 0550-3213
- CODEN
- NUPBBO
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Netherlands
- Country of Input or Organization
- Netherlands
- INIS RN
- 28069397
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- CHIRALITY; CONFORMAL GROUPS; DUALITY; EXCITED STATES; FIELD ALGEBRA; FIELD EQUATIONS; GRADED LIE GROUPS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; OPERATOR PRODUCT EXPANSION; PERTURBATION THEORY; RENORMALIZATION; SIGMA MODEL; SUPERGRAVITY; SUPERSTRING MODELS; SUPERSYMMETRY
- Descriptors DEC
- BOSON-EXCHANGE MODELS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; ENERGY LEVELS; EQUATIONS; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; FIELD THEORIES; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; PERIPHERAL MODELS; SERIES EXPANSION; STRING MODELS; SYMMETRY; SYMMETRY GROUPS; UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES