Particles, Superparticles and Twistors
Apr, 1987
24 pages
Published in:
- Phys.Rev.D 36 (1987) 1766
Report number:
- IMPERIAL/TP/86-87/11
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Abstract: (APS)
The covariant Green-Schwarz action for a superstring has never been quantized covariantly. The physics behind this is discussed. We then consider the corresponding point-particle action in four dimensions, and write down a master action from which it can be obtained as a gauge choice: the ‘‘space-time gauge.’’ There is also a ‘‘twistor gauge,’’ in which covariant quantization is straightforward (as noted previously by Shirafuji).- model: string
- supersymmetry
- quantization
- field theory: action
- mechanics: classical
- field theory: twistor
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