The big picture
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-10-22 v2
Abstract
We discuss the conformal field theory and string field theory of the NSR superstring using a BRST operator with a nonminimal term, which allows all bosonic ghost modes to be paired into creation and annihilation operators. Vertex operators for the Neveu-Schwarz and Ramond sectors have the same ghost number, as do string fields. The kinetic and interaction terms are the same for Neveu-Schwarz as for Ramond string fields, so spacetime supersymmetry is closer to being manifest. The kinetic terms and supersymmetry don't mix levels, simplifying component analysis and gauge fixing.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9108021,
title = {The big picture},
author = {N. Berkovits and M. T. Hatsuda and W. Siegel},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9108021},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
17 pg. reduced (from 35 pg.) uuencoded dvi file; otherwise same as original