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The non-minimal type II pure spinor string in a curved background

High Energy Physics - Theory 2019-10-30 v2

Abstract

The pure spinor superstring in a type II curved background is considered. In order to define reparametrization ghosts, non-minimal pure spinor variables have to be present in the formalism. The BRST transformations of the non-minimal variables are obtained. It is found that the BRST transformations of a set of world-sheet variables have the form of the corresponding transformations in flat spacetime, up to a field-dependent Lorentz rotation. This simplify the construction of the reparametrization bb ghosts.

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@article{arxiv.1910.04791,
  title  = {The non-minimal type II pure spinor string in a curved background},
  author = {Osvaldo Chandia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.04791},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

14 pages, harvmac big. Improved text. References added

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