The Covariant Quantum Superstring and Superparticle from their Classical Actions
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
We develop an approach based on the Noether method to construct nilpotent BRST charges and BRST-invariant actions. We apply this approach first to the holomorphic part of the flat-space covariant superstring, and we find that the ghosts b, c_z which we introduced by hand in our earlier work, are needed to fix gauge symmetries of the ghost action. Then we apply this technique to the superparticle and determine its cohomology. Finally, we extend our results to the combined left- and right-moving sectors of the superstring.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0209026,
title = {The Covariant Quantum Superstring and Superparticle from their Classical Actions},
author = {P. A. Grassi and G. Policastro and P. van Nieuwenhuizen},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0209026},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
14 pages, harmvac