A BRST operator for non-critical W-strings

1992/07/21 by M. Bershadsky, W. Lerche, D. Nemeschansky +2 · 4 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Geometric Analysis and Curvature Flows #Spectral Theory in Mathematical Physics #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/0370-2693(92)90605-4

published as Phys.Lett. B292 (1992) 35-41 · 12p, CERN-TH.6582/92, HUTP-A034/92, USC-92/015

arxiv created 1992/07/21 · openalex publication_date 1992/10/01 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We construct the BRST operator for non-critical W₃-strings and discuss the tachyon-like spectrum. For N-punctured spheres with N ≤ 5 we briefly describe a formal definition of the integral over W₃-moduli space.

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