Twistor origin of the superstring

DOI10.1007/JHEP03(2015)122zbMath1388.83515arXiv1409.2510OpenAlexW2137768112MaRDI QIDQ1755056

Nathan Berkovits

Publication date: 31 May 2018

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1409.2510

zbMATH Keywords

BRST quantizationtopological stringssuperstrings and heterotic strings

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60)

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