Field theory actions for ambitwistor string and superstring

DOI10.1007/JHEP09(2018)097MaRDI QIDQ1797335zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Nathan J. Berkovits, Matheus Lize

Publication date 19 October 2018

Published in Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.07661

zbMATH Keywords

BRST quantizationstring field theorysuperstrings and heterotic strings

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) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60)

Abstract: We analyze the free ambitwistor string field theory action for the bosonic string, heterotic string and both GSO sectors of the Type II string. The spectrum contains non-unitary states and provides an interesting consistency test for one-loop ambitwistor string computations.

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