Published November 28, 1988 | Version v1
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The Green-Schwarz superstring σ-model

Creators

  • 1. Brandeis Univ., Waltham, MA (USA). Dept. of Physics
  • 2. Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Milan (Italy)
  • 3. Milan Univ. (Italy). Dipt. di Fisica

Description

We study the Green-Schwarz superstring coupled to a ten-dimensional supergravity background. We exhibit the background and quantum invariances of the action expanded in terms of normal coordinates. In the presence of nontrivial fermionic backgrounds we go to components and identify the vertex operators for emitting the physical supergravity fields. A comparison with the Neveu-Schwarz-Ramond formalism is then obtained by going to light-cone gauge. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics B, Particle Physics
Journal Volume
310
Journal Issue
1
Series
Nucl. Phys. B, Part. Phys.
Journal Page Range
57-78
ISSN
0550-3213
CODEN
NUPBB

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
20009437
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ACTION INTEGRAL; BOSONS; COUPLING; CREATION OPERATORS; FIELD OPERATORS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; GRAVITATIONAL FIELDS; LAGRANGIAN FIELD THEORY; LIGHT CONE; MANY-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; MASSLESS PARTICLES; METRICS; QUANTUM GRAVITY; RIEMANN SPACE; SERIES EXPANSION; SIGMA MODEL; SPINOR FIELDS; STRING MODELS; SUPERGRAVITY; SUPERSYMMETRY; TOPOLOGICAL MAPPING; VERTEX FUNCTIONS
Descriptors DEC
BOSON-EXCHANGE MODELS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; INTEGRALS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; PARTICLE MODELS; PERIPHERAL MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; QUANTUM OPERATORS; SPACE; SPACE-TIME; SYMMETRY; TRANSFORMATIONS; UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES

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Contract/Grant/Project number
Grant PHY-83-13243