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Relating the RNS and Pure Spinor Formalisms for the Superstring

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

Recently, the superstring was covariantly quantized using the BRST-like operator Q=λαdαQ = \oint \lambda^\alpha d_\alpha where λα\lambda^\alpha is a pure spinor and dαd_\alpha are the fermionic Green-Schwarz constraints. By performing a field redefinition and a similarity transformation, this BRST-like operator is mapped to the sum of the Ramond-Neveu-Schwarz BRST operator and η0\eta_0 ghost. This map is then used to relate physical vertex operators and tree amplitudes in the two formalisms. Furthermore, the map implies the existence of a bb ghost in the pure spinor formalism which might be useful for loop amplitude computations.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0104247,
  title  = {Relating the RNS and Pure Spinor Formalisms for the Superstring},
  author = {Nathan Berkovits},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0104247},
  year   = {2009}
}

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