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Path-integral formulation of closed strings

1987/08/15 by Shyamoli Chaudhuri, H. Kawai, S.-H. Henry Tye · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories

paper · doi:10.1103/physrevd.36.1148

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Abstract

We construct the covariant path integral for the Neveu-Schwarz-Ramond superstring in superspace, with manifest invariance under diffeomorphisms and local supersymmetry transformations. Spin structure is introduced, and the constraints imposed by modular invariance on fermionic string models examined. The critical exponents of the bosonic and fermionic string models in space-time dimensions less than the critical dimension are obtained for world surfaces of arbitrary topology.

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