Construction of the Covariantly Quantized Heterotic Superstring

May, 1989
30 pages
Published in:
  • Nucl.Phys.B 330 (1990) 19-48
  • Published: 1990
Report number:
  • ITP-SB-89-38

Citations per year

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Abstract: (Elsevier)
We give a detailed discussion of the construction of the Batalin-Vilkovisky BRST charge for the heterotic superstring. In particular, we completely solve the higher-ghost sector using a recursion relation. The gauge choice ▽ + θ = 0, which we previously proposed for the superparticle, leads to a free quantum action.
  • string model
  • supersymmetry
  • quantization: Hamiltonian formalism
  • charge: Becchi-Rouet-Stora
  • invariance: Lorentz
  • ghost
  • anomaly: conformal