Relating the Green-Schwarz and pure spinor formalisms for the superstring

Dec, 2004
16 pages
Published in:
  • JHEP 01 (2005) 018
e-Print:
Report number:
  • IFT-P-058-2004,
  • IFT-P.058-2004

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Abstract: (arXiv)
Although it is not known how to covariantly quantize the Green-Schwarz (GS) superstring, there exists a semi-light-cone gauge choice in which the GS superstring can be quantized in a conformally invariant manner. In this paper, we prove that BRST quantization of the GS superstring in semi-light-cone gauge is equivalent to BRST quantization using the pure spinor formalism for the superstring.
  • SUPERSTRINGS AND HETEROTIC STRINGS
  • BRST SYMMETRY
  • string model: heterotic
  • supersymmetry
  • light cone gauge
  • quantization: Becchi-Rouet-Stora
  • invariance: conformal
  • operator product expansion
  • spinor