The quantum superstring as a WZNW model with \(N=2\) superconformal symmetry

DOI10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2003.10.008zbMath1097.81717arXivhep-th/0307056OpenAlexW2073498044MaRDI QIDQ1414857

Giuseppe Policastro, Peter van Nieuwenhuizen, Pietro Antonio Grassi

Publication date: 7 December 2003

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0307056

zbMATH Keywords

covariant quantizationtopological-gravity ghost quartetsworldsheet diffeomorphisms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Model quantum field theories (81T10) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30)

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