Lorentz-covariant quantization of the heterotic superstring Export

@article{citeulike:3575170, abstract = {We use the Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism to quantize the heterotic superstring in a gauge which manifestly preserves supersymmetry and Lorentz covariance. We explicitly construct the BV action before gauge-fixing in closed form, including the complicated four-ghost sector. The gauge-fixed action is completely quadratic and the conformal anomaly vanishes in d=10.}, author = {Gates, S. J. and Grisaru, M. T. and Lindstr\"{o}m, U. and Rocek, M. and Siegel, W. and van Nieuwenhuizen, P. and van de Ven, A. E.}, citeulike-article-id = {3575170}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(89)91007-1}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/B6TVN-470W7KH-4N8/2/38b7920f50b6bc1ce2bf160f2dc48355}, day = {13}, doi = {10.1016/0370-2693(89)91007-1}, issn = {0370-2693}, journal = {Physics Letters B}, keywords = {bv-formalism, covariant, heterotic, superstring}, month = {July}, number = {1-2}, pages = {44--48}, posted-at = {2008-11-18 18:21:46}, priority = {2}, title = {Lorentz-covariant quantization of the heterotic superstring}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(89)91007-1}, volume = {225}, year = {1989} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3575170 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3575170 N2 - We use the Batalin-Vilkovisky formalism to quantize the heterotic superstring in a gauge which manifestly preserves supersymmetry and Lorentz covariance. We explicitly construct the BV action before gauge-fixing in closed form, including the complicated four-ghost sector. The gauge-fixed action is completely quadratic and the conformal anomaly vanishes in d=10. IS - 1-2 JF - Physics Letters B SN - 0370-2693 EP - 48 TI - Lorentz-covariant quantization of the heterotic superstring VL - 225 SP - 44 KW - bv-formalism KW - covariant KW - heterotic KW - superstring AU - Gates, SJ AU - Grisaru, MT AU - Lindström, U AU - Rocek, M AU - Siegel, W AU - van Nieuwenhuizen, P AU - van de Ven, AE PY - 1989/07/13/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(89)91007-1 ER -