The GSO projection, BRST cohomology and picture-changing in N=2 string theory.

DOI10.1016/0550-3213(94)00536-NMaRDI QIDQ1571503zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Jan Bischoff, Sergei V. Ketov, Olaf Lechtenfeld

Publication date 10 July 2000

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9406101

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70)

Abstract: We investigate in detail the critical $N=2$ fermionic string with and without a global $$ twist. An analysis of BRST cohomology shows that twisted sectors contain massless `spacetime' fermions which are {it non-local/} with respect to the standard massless boson. However, two distinct GSO projections exist, one (untwisted) retaining merely the usual boson and its spectral-flow partner, the other (twisted) yielding two fermions and one boson, on the massless level. The corresponding chiral BRST-invariant vertex operators are constructed in certain pictures, and their fusion and picture-changing are investigated, including the construction of inverse picture-changing operators. The $N=2$ `spacetime supersymmetry' generators are {it null/} operators, since the twisted massless states fail to interact. The untwisted three- and four-point functions are recalculated at tree-level.

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