BRST quantization of the pure spinor superstring

DOI10.1088/1126-6708/2007/11/081zbMATH Open1245.81179arXiv0710.2598OpenAlexW3098992700MaRDI QIDQ445681FDOQ445681

Joost Hoogeveen, Kostas Skenderis

Publication date: 26 August 2012

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

Abstract: We present a derivation of the scattering amplitude prescription for the pure spinor superstring from first principles, both in the minimal and non-minimal formulations, and show that they are equivalent. This is achieved by first coupling the worldsheet action to topological gravity and then proceeding to BRST quantize this system. Our analysis includes the introduction of constant ghosts and associated auxiliary fields needed to gauge fix symmetries associated with zero modes. All fields introduced in the process of quantization can be integrated out explicitly, resulting in the prescriptions for computing scattering amplitudes that have appeared previously in the literature. The zero mode insertions in the path integral follow from the integration over the constant auxiliary fields.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0710.2598

zbMATH Keywords

pure spinor superstrings

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70)

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