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Self-Dual Supergravity from N = 2 Strings

Journal Article · · Nuclear Physics B
A new heterotic N = 2 string with manifest target space supersymmetry is constructed by combining a conventional N = 2 string in the right-moving sector and a Green-Schwarz-Berkovits type string in the left-moving sector. The corresponding sigma model is then obtained by turning on background fields for the massless excitations. We compute the beta functions and we partially check the OPE's of the superconformal algebra perturbatively in {alpha}{prime}, all in superspace. The resulting field equations describe N = 1 self-dual supergravity.
Research Organization:
Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
Physics Division
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
982436
Report Number(s):
LBNL-39752
Journal Information:
Nuclear Physics B, Journal Name: Nuclear Physics B Vol. 500
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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