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Lower-dimensional superstrings in the double-spinor formalism

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v2

Abstract

We study lower-dimensional superstrings in the double-spinor formalism introduced by Aisaka and Kazama. These superstrings can be consistently quantized and are equivalent to the lower-dimensional pure-spinor superstrings proposed by Grassi and Wyllard. The unexpected physical spectrum of the pure-spinor superstrings may thus be regarded as a manifestation of noncriticality. We also discuss how to couple these covariant superstrings to the compactified degrees of freedom described by the N=2 superconformal field theory.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0612183,
  title  = {Lower-dimensional superstrings in the double-spinor formalism},
  author = {Hiroshi Kunitomo and Shun'ya Mizoguchi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0612183},
  year   = {2008}
}

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32 pages, version published in Prog. Theor. Phys