Relating the Green-Schwarz and Pure Spinor Formalisms for the Superstring

Although it is not known how to covariantly quantize the Green-Schwarz (GS) superstring, there exists a semi-light-cone gauge choice in which the GS superstring can be quantized in a conformally invariant manner. In this paper, we prove that BRST quantization of the GS superstring in semi-light-cone...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2004-12
Main Authors: Berkovits, Nathan, Marchioro, Dafni Z
Format: Article
Language:English
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Formalism
Measurement
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Summary:Although it is not known how to covariantly quantize the Green-Schwarz (GS) superstring, there exists a semi-light-cone gauge choice in which the GS superstring can be quantized in a conformally invariant manner. In this paper, we prove that BRST quantization of the GS superstring in semi-light-cone gauge is equivalent to BRST quantization using the pure spinor formalism for the superstring.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.0412198