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N=2 Superstrings with (1,2m) Spacetime Signature

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-07 v1

Abstract

We show that the N=2N=2 superstring in d=2D6d=2D\ge6 real dimensions, with criticality achieved by including background charges in the two real time directions, exhibits a ``coordinate-freezing'' phenomenon, whereby the momentum in one of the two time directions is constrained to take a specific value for each physical state. This effectively removes this time direction as a physical coordinate, leaving the theory with (1,d2)(1,d-2) real spacetime signature. Norm calculations for low-lying physical states suggest that the theory is ghost free.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9112014,
  title  = {N=2 Superstrings with (1,2m) Spacetime Signature},
  author = {H. Lu and C. N. Pope and X. J. Wang and K. W. Xu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9112014},
  year   = {2009}
}

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8 pages

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