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| Author(s): |
Berkovits, Nathan
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Journal of High Energy Physics; v. N/A, n. 4, p. 18-pg., 2014-04-04. |
| Abstract | |
A covariant map between the Ramond-Neveu-Schwarz (RNS) and pure spinor formalisms for the superstring is found which transforms the RNS and pure spinor BRST operators into each other. The key ingredient is a dynamical twisting of the ten spin-half RNS fermions into five spin-one and five spin-zero fermions using bosonic pure spinors that parameterize an SO(10)/U(5) coset. The map relates massless vertex operators in the two formalisms, and gives a new description of Ramond states which does not require spin fields. An argument is proposed for relating the amplitude prescriptions in the two formalisms. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/11973-4 - ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research: a regional center for theoretical physics |
| Grantee: | Nathan Jacob Berkovits |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Projects - Thematic Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 09/50639-2 - Research and learning on the strings theory |
| Grantee: | Nathan Jacob Berkovits |
| Support Opportunities: | Research Projects - Thematic Grants |