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The Character of Pure Spinors

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-11 v1

Abstract

The character of holomorphic functions on the space of pure spinors in ten, eleven and twelve dimensions is calculated. From this character formula, we derive in a manifestly covariant way various central charges which appear in the pure spinor formalism for the superstring. We also derive in a simple way the zero momentum cohomology of the pure spinor BRST operator for the D=10 and D=11 superparticle.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0503075,
  title  = {The Character of Pure Spinors},
  author = {Nathan Berkovits and Nikita Nekrasov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0503075},
  year   = {2009}
}

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