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Superstring BRST Cohomology

High Energy Physics - Theory 2010-02-03 v2

Abstract

We first derive all world-sheet action functionals for NSR superstring models with (1,1) supersymmetry and any number of abelian gauge fields, for gauge transformations of the standard form. Then we prove for these models that the BRST cohomology groups Hg(s)H^g(s), g<4g<4 (with the antifields taken into account) are isomorphic to those of the corresponding bosonic string models, whose cohomology is fully known. This implies that the nontrivial global symmetries, Noether currents, background charges, consistent deformations and candidate gauge anomalies of an NSR (1,1) superstring model are in one-to-one correspondence with their bosonic counterparts.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0104110,
  title  = {Superstring BRST Cohomology},
  author = {Friedemann Brandt and Alexander Kling and Maximilian Kreuzer},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0104110},
  year   = {2010}
}

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LaTeX2e, 44 pages, minor corrections