Covariant Map Between Ramond-Neveu-Schwarz and Pure Spinor Formalisms for the Superstring
High Energy Physics - Theory
2015-06-18 v2
Abstract
A covariant map between the Ramond-Neveu-Schwarz (RNS) and pure spinor formalisms for the superstring is found which transforms the RNS and pure spinor BRST operators into each other. The key ingredient is a dynamical twisting of the ten spin-half RNS fermions into five spin-one and five spin-zero fermions using bosonic pure spinors that parameterize an SO(10)/U(5) coset. The map relates massless vertex operators in the two formalisms, and gives a new description of Ramond states which does not require spin fields. An argument is proposed for relating the amplitude prescriptions in the two formalisms.
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@article{arxiv.1312.0845,
title = {Covariant Map Between Ramond-Neveu-Schwarz and Pure Spinor Formalisms for the Superstring},
author = {Nathan Berkovits},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.0845},
year = {2015}
}
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