On-shell equivalence of two formulations for superstring field theory
Abstract
In this paper we derive the condition providing the on-shell equivalence of -type and WZW-like formulations for superstring field theory. We construct the NS string products of -type formulation and the shifted BRST operator in WZW-like formulation by the similarity transformations of the BRST operator . Utilizing the similarity transformations, we can consider a morphism connecting the -algebras on both sides. It naturally induces the field redefinitions and guarantees the equivalence of the on-shell conditions in two formulations. In addition, we have confirmed up to quartic order that the on-shell equivalence condition also provides the off-shell equivalence. Then partial-gauge-fixing conditions giving -relations in WZW-like formulation naturally appear.
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@article{arxiv.1506.06657,
title = {On-shell equivalence of two formulations for superstring field theory},
author = {Keiyu Goto and Hiroaki Matsunaga},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.06657},
year = {2015}
}
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32 pages