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Superstring BRST no-ghost theorem at arbitrary picture number

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-11-13 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

A simple and self-contained treatment of the superstring BRST no-ghost theorem at non-zero momentum and arbitrary picture number is presented. We prove by applying the spectral sequence that the absolute BRST cohomology is isomorphic to two copies of the light-cone spectrum at adjacent ghost numbers. We single out a representative in each cohomology class. A non-degenerate pairing between the Fock spaces, an induced pairing on the cohomology and a Hermitian inner product on the cohomology are constructed.

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@article{arxiv.1212.3592,
  title  = {Superstring BRST no-ghost theorem at arbitrary picture number},
  author = {Mykola Dedushenko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.3592},
  year   = {2015}
}

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19 pages

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