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On-shell equivalence of two formulations for superstring field theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-23 v1

Abstract

In this paper we derive the condition providing the on-shell equivalence of LL_{\infty}-type and WZW-like formulations for superstring field theory. We construct the NS string products L={Ln}n=1L= \{L_{n}\}_{n=1}^{\infty} of LL_{\infty}-type formulation and the shifted BRST operator QGQ_{\mathcal{G}} in WZW-like formulation by the similarity transformations of the BRST operator QQ. Utilizing the similarity transformations, we can consider a morphism connecting the LL_{\infty}-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 LL_{\infty}-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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