Towards the underlying gauge theory of the pure spinor superstring

A bstract Previous attempts to determine the worldsheet origin of the pure spinor for­malism were not completely successful, but introduced important concepts that seem to be connected to its fundamental structure, e.g., emergent supersymmetry and the role of reparametrization symmetry. In this work...

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Published in:The journal of high energy physics 2019-10, Vol.2019 (10), p.1-36, Article 63
Main Author: Jusinskas, Renann Lipinski
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Classical and Quantum Gravitation
Elementary Particles
ERST Quantization
Gauge theory
High energy physics
Physics
Physics and Astronomy
Quantum Field Theories
Quantum Field Theory
Quantum Physics
Regular Article - Theoretical Physics
Relativity Theory
String Theory
Superstrings and Heterotic Strings
Supersymmetry
Symmetry
Topological Strings
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Summary:A bstract Previous attempts to determine the worldsheet origin of the pure spinor for­malism were not completely successful, but introduced important concepts that seem to be connected to its fundamental structure, e.g., emergent supersymmetry and the role of reparametrization symmetry. In this work, a new proposal towards the underlying gauge theory of the pure spinor superstring is presented, based on an extension of Berkovits’ twistor-like constraint. The gauge algebra is analyzed in detail and worldsheet reparametrization is shown to be a redundant symmetry. The master action is built with a careful account of the intrinsic gauge symmetries associated with the pure spinor constraint and a consistent gauge fixing is performed. After a field redefinition, spacetime supersymmetry emerges and the resulting action describes the pure spinor superstring.
ISSN:1029-8479
1029-8479
DOI:10.1007/JHEP10(2019)063