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Simplified D=11 Pure Spinor b Ghost

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-01-30 v2

Abstract

A bb-ghost was constructed for the D=11D=11 non-minimal pure spinor superparticle by requiring that {Q,b}=T\{Q , b\} = T where Q=ΛαDα+RαWˉαQ = \Lambda^{\alpha}D_{\alpha} + R^{\alpha}\bar{W}_{\alpha} is the usual non-minimal pure spinor BRST operator. As was done for the D=10D=10 bb-ghost, we will show that the D=11D=11 bb-ghost can be simplified by introducing an SO(10,1)SO(10,1) fermionic vector Σˉi\bar{\Sigma}^{i} constructed out of the fermionic spinor DαD_{\alpha} and pure spinor variables. This simplified version will be shown to satisfy {Q,b}=T\{Q, b\} = T and {b,b}=\{b , b\} = BRST - trivial.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1703.05116,
  title  = {Simplified D=11 Pure Spinor b Ghost},
  author = {Nathan Berkovits and Max Guillen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.05116},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

47 pages. Added references

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