Published December 15, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Dynamical supersymmetry analysis of conformal invariance for superstrings in type IIB RR plane-wave background

  • 1. Institute of Mathematical Sciences C.I.T. Campus, Taramani, Chennai 600113 (India)

Description

In a previous work (arXiv:0902.3750 [hep-th]) we studied the world-sheet conformal invariance for superstrings in the type IIB R-R plane-wave in semi-light-cone gauge. Here we give further justification to the results found in that work through alternative arguments using dynamical supersymmetries. We show that by using the supersymmetry algebra the same quantum definition of the energy-momentum (EM) tensor can be derived. Furthermore, using certain Jacobi identities we indirectly compute the Virasoro anomaly terms by calculating the second-order supersymmetry variation of the EM tensor. Certain integrated forms of all such terms are shown to vanish. In order to deal with various divergences that appear in such computations we take a point-split definition of the same EM tensor. The final results are shown not to suffer from the ordering ambiguity as noticed in the previous work provided the coincidence limit is taken before sending the regularization parameter to zero at the end of the computation.

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
80
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
p. 126007-126007.9
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41060131
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
CALCULATION METHODS; CONFORMAL INVARIANCE; LIGHT CONE; SUPERSTRING MODELS; SUPERSYMMETRY; VARIATIONS; WAVE PROPAGATION
Descriptors DEC
COMPOSITE MODELS; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUARK MODEL; SPACE-TIME; STRING MODELS; SYMMETRY

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