Published 1996 | Version v1
Book

A new description of the superstring

  • 1. Sao Paulo Univ., SP (Brazil). Inst. de Fisica. Dept. de Fisica Matematica

Description

This is a review of the new manifestly spacetime-supersymmetric description of the superstring. The new description contains N=2 world sheet supersymmetry, and is related by a field redefinition to the standard RNS description. It is especially convenient for four-dimensional compactifications since S O (3,1) super-Poincare invariance can be made manifest. Parts of this work have been done in collaboration with Warren Siegel and Cumrun Vafa. (author)

Part of:
8. J.A. Swieca summer school on particles and fields

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
World Scientific
Imprint Place
Singapore (Singapore)
ISBN
981-02-2917-8
Imprint Title
8. J.A. Swieca summer school on particles and fields
Imprint Pagination
541 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 390-418

Conference

Title
8. J.A. Swieca summer school on particles and fields
Dates
5-18 Feb 1995
Place
Rio de Janeiro, RJ (Brazil)

INIS

Country of Publication
Singapore
Country of Input or Organization
Brazil
INIS RN
35013834
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; FIELD THEORIES; PARTICLE MODELS; STRING MODELS; SUPERSTRING MODELS; SUPERSYMMETRY
Descriptors DEC
COMPOSITE MODELS; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUARK MODEL; STRING MODELS; SYMMETRY

Optional Information

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