Applications of the pure spinor partition function

• Grant number: 16/07944-2
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International
• Start date: November 13, 2016
• End date: May 16, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Elementary Particle Physics and Fields
• Principal Investigator: Nathan Jacob Berkovits
• Grantee: Nathan Jacob Berkovits
• Visiting researcher: Mikhail Movshev
• Visiting researcher institution: Stony Brook University (SB), United States
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 11/11973-4 - ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research: a regional center for theoretical physics, AP.TEM

Abstract

Using the pure spinor formalism, it was possible to compute for the first time the 3-loop superstring amplitude. But the relation of this computation with the conventional RNS formalism for the superstring is not yet understood.During his visit, Prof. Movshev will collaborate with Profs. Berkovits and Mikhailov on studying the relation between the computations using the two formalisms. Prof. Movshev is an expect in the partition function of beta-gamma systems, and recently developed methods for computing the pure spinor partition function. (AU)