Picture changing operators in supergeometry and superstring theory

1997/06/04 by Alexander Belopolsky, Belopolsky, Alexander · 4 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Topics in Algebra #Algebraic Geometry (math.AG) #Algebraic structures and combinatorial models #FOS: Mathematics #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Mathematical Physics (math-ph) #Nonlinear Waves and Solitons #alg-geom #hep-th #math-ph #math.AG #math.MP

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/9706033

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Abstract

Geometrical meaning of superstring pictures is discussed in details. An off-shell generalization of the picture changing operation and its inverse are constructed. It is demonstrated that the generalised operations are inverse to each other on-shell while off-shell their product is a projection operator.

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