Extra dimensions in superstring theory

DOI10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00594-4MaRDI QIDQ1374309zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Nathan J. Berkovits

Publication date 2 December 1997

Published in Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9704109

zbMATH Keywords

eleventh direction momentumRamond Neveu Schwarz fieldsRNS matter fieldszero momentum vertex operators

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30)

Abstract: It was earlier shown that an SO(9,1) $het{a}^a$ spinor variable can be constructed from RNS matter and ghost fields. $het{a}^a$ has a bosonic worldsheet super-partner $lambd{a}^a$ which plays the role of a twistor variable, satisfying $lambdaGamm{a}^{m}ulambda=partial{x}^{m}u+ihetaGamm{a}^{m}upartialheta$. For Type IIA superstrings, the left-moving $[het{a}_L^a,lambd{a}_L^a]$ and right-moving $[het{a}_{Ra},lambd{a}_{Ra}]$ can be combined into 32-component SO(10,1) spinors $[het{a}^A,lambd{a}^A]$. This suggests that $lambd{a}^{A}Gamm{a}_{AB}^{11}lambd{a}^B=2lambd{a}_L^{a}lambd{a}_{Ra}$ can be interpreted as momentum in the eleventh direction. Evidence for this interpretation comes from the zero-momentum vertex operators of the Type IIA superstring and from consideration of $D_0$-branes. As in the work of Bars, one finds an SO(10,2) structure for the Type IIA superstring and an SO(9,1) x SO(2,1) structure for the Type IIB superstring.

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• Microscopic string analysis of the D0-D8 brane system and dual R-R states

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