Quantum 3D Superstrings
High Energy Physics - Theory
2013-05-29 v5 Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
The classical Green-Schwarz superstring action, with N=1 or N=2 spacetime supersymmetry, exists for spacetime dimensions D=3,4,6,10, but quantization in the light-cone gauge breaks Lorentz invariance unless either D=10, which leads to critical superstring theory, or D=3. We give details of results presented previously for the bosonic and N=1 closed 3D (super)strings and extend them to the N=2 3D superstring. In all cases, the spectrum is parity-invariant and contains anyons of irrational spin.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1106.1374,
title = {Quantum 3D Superstrings},
author = {Luca Mezincescu and Paul K. Townsend},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1106.1374},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
46 pages, v5 corrects more typos and minor errors