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Possible geometrical origin of the fermionic gauge symmetry in Green-Schwarz-Siegel superstrings

Journal Article · · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)
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  1. The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, CIT Campus, Madras 600113 (India)
The fermionic {kappa} symmetry which invariably occurs in strings and membranes with ten-dimensional manifest spacetime supersymmetry is traced directly to the supersymmetry algebra (as modified recently by Green), using the techniques of Hamiltonian reduction applied to the constrained gauged version of the Wess-Zumino-Witten model obtained by Green from the Chern-Simons gauge theory corresponding to this superalgebra. We outline a recipe whereby the remaining first-class constraints of Siegel's modified superstring may be similarly obtained.
OSTI ID:
7302272
Journal Information:
Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Journal Name: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States) Vol. 45:8; ISSN PRVDA; ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English