Superstring Field Theory and the Wess-Zumino-Witten Action
High Energy Physics - Theory
2017-10-23 v2 Quantum Algebra
Abstract
We describe a notion of "higher" Wess-Zumino-Witten-like action which is natural in the context of superstring field theories formulated in the large Hilbert space. For the open string, the action is characterized by a pair of commuting cyclic structures together with a hierarchy of higher-form potentials analogous to the Maurer-Cartan elements which appear in the conventional Wess-Zumino-Witten action. We apply this formalism to get a better understanding of symmetries of open superstring field theory and the structure of interactions in the Ramond sector, describing an interesting connection between Ramond vertices and Feynman diagrams.
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@article{arxiv.1706.02629,
title = {Superstring Field Theory and the Wess-Zumino-Witten Action},
author = {Theodore Erler},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.02629},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
v2: 63 pages, 4 figures. Minor corrections, references added