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Title: Superstrings,. kappa. -symmetry and superspace constraints

Journal Article · · International Journal of Modern Physics A; (USA)
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  1. Padua Univ. (Italy). Ist. di Fisica

This paper deals with the Green-Schwarz formulation of heterotic superstrings, propagating in a background superspace, and its characteristic {kappa}-symmetry. The role of {kappa}-symmetry anomalies, in implementing the superspace constraints, is clarified. A cohomological consistency condition for these anomalies, that strongly restricts their structure, is obtained. The superspace constraints, which follow by requiring that BRST {kappa}-symmetry is preserved at the quantum level, agree with these found recently in the framework of a superspace formulation of SUGRA-SYM models.

OSTI ID:
5218096
Journal Information:
International Journal of Modern Physics A; (USA), Vol. 3:6; ISSN 0217-751X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English