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Quantization of the Type II Superstring in a Curved Six-Dimensional Background

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

A sigma model action with N=2 D=6 superspace variables is constructed for the Type II superstring compactified to six curved dimensions with Ramond-Ramond flux. The action can be quantized since the sigma model is linear when the six-dimensional spacetime is flat. When the six-dimensional spacetime is AdS3×S3AdS_3\times S^3, the action reduces to one found earlier with Vafa and Witten.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9908041,
  title  = {Quantization of the Type II Superstring in a Curved Six-Dimensional Background},
  author = {Nathan Berkovits},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9908041},
  year   = {2009}
}

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