Taming the b antighost with Ramond-Ramond flux

Autor(es)

Berkovits, Nathan ; Mazzucato, Luca

• Tipo de documento: Artigo Científico
• Fonte: Journal of High Energy Physics; v. N/A, n. 11, p. 20-pg., 2010-11-01.

Resumo

In the pure spinor formalism for the superstring, the b antighost is necessary for multiloop amplitude computations and is a composite operator constructed to satisfy {Q, b} = T where Q is the BRST operator and T is the holomorphic stress-tensor. In superstring backgrounds with only NS-NS fields turned on, or in flat space, one needs to introduce "non-minimal" variables in order to construct the b antighost. However, in Type II backgrounds where the Ramond-Ramond bispinor field-strength satisfies certain conditions, the b antighost can be constructed without the non-minimal variables. Although the b antighost in these backgrounds is not holomorphic, its antiholomorphic derivative is BRST-trivial. We discuss the properties of this operator both in the AdS(5)xS(5) background and in a generic curved background. (AU)

• Processo FAPESP: 09/50639-2 - Pesquisa e ensino em teoria de cordas
• Beneficiário: Nathan Jacob Berkovits
• Modalidade de apoio: Auxílio à Pesquisa - Temático