Supersymmetry in Open Superstring Field Theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2017-10-24 v1
Abstract
We realize the 16 unbroken supersymmetries on a BPS D-brane as invariances of the action of the corresponding open superstring field theory. We work in the small Hilbert space approach, where a symmetry of the action translates into a symmetry of the associated cyclic structure. We compute the supersymmetry algebra, being careful to disentangle the components which produce a translation, a gauge transformation, and a symmetry transformation which vanishes on-shell. Via the minimal model theorem, we illustrate how supersymmetry of the action implies supersymmetry of the tree level open string scattering amplitudes.
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@article{arxiv.1610.03251,
title = {Supersymmetry in Open Superstring Field Theory},
author = {Theodore Erler},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1610.03251},
year = {2017}
}
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37 pages