Multiloop superstring amplitudes from non-minimal pure spinor formalism

Using the non-minimal version of the pure spinor formalism, manifestly super-Poincare covariant superstring scattering amplitudes can be computed as in topological string theory without the need of picture-changing operators. The only subtlety comes from regularizing the functional integral over the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Berkovits, Nathan, Nekrasov, Nikita
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2006
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/32234
Acceso en línea:http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0609012
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/32234
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:BRST symmetry
superstrings and heterotic strings
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Sumario:Using the non-minimal version of the pure spinor formalism, manifestly super-Poincare covariant superstring scattering amplitudes can be computed as in topological string theory without the need of picture-changing operators. The only subtlety comes from regularizing the functional integral over the pure spinor ghosts. In this paper, it is shown how to regularize this functional integral in a BRST-invariant manner, allowing the computation of arbitrary multiloop amplitudes. The regularization method simplifies for scattering amplitudes which contribute to ten-dimensional F-terms, i.e. terms in the ten-dimensional superspace action which do not involve integration over the maximum number of theta's.