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Fermionic strings in the operator formalism

  • Boston University
  • CERN
  • University of Geneva
  • Harvard University

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Abstract

We extend the operator formulation of strings to the superconformal setting. We give a realization of the supersymmetry ghosts, both in components and in a manifestly supersymmetric formalism. We give a construction for the states associated with super-Riemann surfaces of any genus with any number of punctures in the case of flat 10d spacetime, and from these states construct the measure. As an application we give a very simple, manifestly supersymmetric, derivation of super-holomorphic factorization. Finally, we discuss the "integration ambiguity" from the operator point of view.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)333-400
Number of pages68
JournalNuclear Physics, Section B
Volume311
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 26 1988

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