Twistor formulation of the nonheterotic superstring with manifest world sheet supersymmetry

Journal Article · Mon Nov 15 04:00:00 EST 1993 · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.48.4810· OSTI ID:5948406

Galperin, A ^[1]; Sokatchev, E ^[2]

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1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218 (United States)
2. Physikalisches Institut, Universitaet Bonn, Nussallee 12, D-5300 Bonn 1 (Germany)

We propose a new formulation of the [ital D]=3 type II superstring which is manifestly invariant under both target-space [ital N]=2 supersymmetry and world sheet [ital N]=(1,1) super reparametrizations. This gives rise to a set of twistor (commuting spinor) variables, which provide a solution to the two Virasoro constraints. The world sheet supergravity fields are shown to play the role of auxiliary fields.

• OSTI ID: 5948406
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States) Vol. 48:10; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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