Target space supersymmetric sigma model techniques

Conference · Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996

OSTI ID:965358

de Boer, Jan; Skenderis, Kostas

We briefly review the covariant formulation of the Green-Schwarz superstring by Berkovits, and describe how a detailed tree-level and one-loop analysis of this model leads, for the first time, to a derivation of the low-energy effective action of the heterotic superstring while keeping target-space supersymmetry manifest. The resulting low-energy theory is old-minimal supergravity coupled to tensor multiplet. The dilaton is part of the compensator multiplet.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Physics Division
• DOE Contract Number: DE-AC02-05CH11231
• OSTI ID: 965358
• Report Number(s): LBNL-39561; TRN: US200920%%566
• Resource Relation: Conference: Workshop on Gauge Theories, Applied Supersymmetry and Quantum Gravity, London, England, 5-10 Jul 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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QUANTUM GRAVITY
SIGMA MODEL
SUPERGRAVITY
SUPERSYMMETRY
TARGETS