N= 2 Superconformal Description of Superstring in Ramond-Ramond Plane Wave Backgrounds

2002/08/13 by Nathan Berkovits, Juan Maldacena · 4 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Geometry and complex manifolds #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2002/10/059

published as JHEP 0210 (2002) 059 · 16 pages harvmac

arxiv created 2002/08/13 · openalex publication_date 2002/10/26 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01

Abstract

Using the U(4) formalism developed ten years ago, the worldsheet action for the superstring in Ramond-Ramond plane wave backgrounds is expressed in a manifestly N=(2,2) superconformally invariant manner. This simplifies the construction of consistent Ramond-Ramond plane wave backgrounds and eliminates the problems associated with light-cone interaction point operators.

Citations

• Spacetime singularities in string theory

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