Published May 14, 1987 | Version v1
Journal article

Rigid superstrings

  • 1. Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (USA). Lyman Lab. of Physics
  • 2. Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge (USA). Center for Theoretical Physics

Description

A recently proposed bosonic string action containing a term proportional to the extrinsic curvature of the world sheet is supersymmetrized in the light-cone gauge. We compute the one-loop contribution to the β function of the new coupling constant and find that the asymptotic freedom present in the bosonic case is not destroyed by the addition of the fermionic degrees of freedom. (orig.)

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Journal Title
Phys. Lett., B
Journal Volume
189
Journal Issue
4
Series
Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
401-404
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBA

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Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract PHY-82-15249; DE-AC02-76ER03069