Graded GL(1/1) BRST symmetry in covariant quantization of supersymmetric chiral bosons and heterotic strings

Journal Article · Mon Apr 20 04:00:00 EDT 1992 · International Journal of Modern Physics A; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217751X92001010· OSTI ID:5196141

Yu, F ^[1]; Wu, Y S ^[2]

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1. Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (US)
2. School of Natural Sciences, Inst. for Advanced Study, Olden Lane, Princeton, NJ (US)

In this paper the authors present a covariant path integral quantization of supersymmetric chiral bosons (leftons and rightons). an infinite set of auxiliary scalar superfields are introduced to convert the second-class chiral constraint into first-class ones. The authors' gauge-fixed action has an extended BRST symmetry described by the graded algebra GL(I {vert bar} I). a regularization respecting this symmetry is proposed to deal with the contributions of the infinite towers of auxiliary fields and associated ghosts and is verified to lead to the desired partition function. The authors apply their formulation to give a covariant quantization of the heterotic-type NSR strings, and show that (super)conformal anomalies from all unphysical degrees of freedom are cancelled, even in noncritical dimensions. The authors' treatment does not suffer form Siegel gauge anomaly, because of the use of linear chiral constraints.

• OSTI ID: 5196141
• Journal Information: International Journal of Modern Physics A; (United States), Journal Name: International Journal of Modern Physics A; (United States) Vol. 7:10; ISSN IMPAE; ISSN 0217-751X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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662110* -- General Theory of Particles & Fields-- Theory of Fields & Strings-- (1992-)
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Conservation Laws
Currents & Their Properties-- (1992-)
72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BOSONS
CHIRAL SYMMETRY
COMPOSITE MODELS
CONSTRAINTS
EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL
FEYNMAN PATH INTEGRAL
GRADED LIE GROUPS
INTEGRALS
LIE GROUPS
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
PARTICLE MODELS
QUANTIZATION
QUARK MODEL
SCALAR FIELDS
STRING MODELS
SUPERSYMMETRY
SYMMETRY
SYMMETRY GROUPS
TRANSFORMATIONS