N=4 superconformal symmetry for the covariant quantum superstring

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2005.01.082zbMATH Open1247.81507arXivhep-th/0408007OpenAlexW1999385732MaRDI QIDQ451624FDOQ451624

Peter van Nieuwenhuizen, Pietro Antonio Grassi

Publication date: 23 September 2012

Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We extend our formulation of the covariant quantum superstring as a WZNW model with N=2 superconformal symmetry to N=4. The two anticommuting BRST charges in the N=4 multiplet of charges are the usual BRST charge Q_S and a charge Q_V proposed by Dijkgraaf, Verlinde and Verlinde for topological models. Using our recent work on "gauging cosets", we then construct a further charge Q_C which anticommutes with Q_S + Q_V and which is intended for the definition of the physical spectrum.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0408007

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zbMATH Keywords

WZNW model\(N=2\) superconformal symmetrycovariant quantum superstring

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) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Quantization in field theory; cohomological methods (81T70)

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