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Theta Expansion of First Massive Vertex Operator in Pure Spinor

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-02-14 v1

Abstract

We provide the covariant superspace equations that are sufficient to determine the complete θ\theta expansion of the vertex operator of the open string massive states with (mass)2=1/α(mass)^2=1/\alpha' in pure spinor formalism of superstring theory. These equations get rid of the redundant degrees of freedom in superfields and are consistent with the BRST conditions derived in [1]. Further, we give the explicit θ\theta expansion of the superfields appearing in the unintegrated vertex to O(θ3)O(\theta^3). Finally, we compute the contribution to a 3-point tree amplitude with the resulting vertex operator upto O(θ3)O(\theta^3) and find its kinematic structure to be identical to the corresponding RNS computation.

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@article{arxiv.1706.01196,
  title  = {Theta Expansion of First Massive Vertex Operator in Pure Spinor},
  author = {Subhroneel Chakrabarti and Sitender Pratap Kashyap and Mritunjay Verma},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1706.01196},
  year   = {2018}
}

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