Abstract
We reconsider the issue of embedding space-time fermions into the four-dimensional N=2 worldsheet supersymmetric string. A new heterotic theory is constructed, taking the right-movers from the N=4 topological extension of the conventional N=2 string but a c=0 conformal field theory supporting target-space supersymmetry for the left-moving sector. The global bosonic symmetry of the full formalism proves to be U(1,1), just as in the usual N=2 string. Quantization reveals a spectrum of only two physical states, one boson and one fermion, which fall in a multiplet of (1,0) supersymmetry.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 410-428 |
| Number of pages | 19 |
| Journal | Nuclear Physics B |
| Volume | 609 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 27 Aug 2001 |
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Keywords
- 04.60.Ds
- 11.30.Pb
- N=2 string
- Self-dual field theory
- Supersymmetry
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
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A heterotic N=2 string with space-time supersymmetry. / Bellucci, Stefano; Galajinsky, Anton; Lechtenfeld, Olaf.
In: Nuclear Physics B, Vol. 609, No. 3, 27.08.2001, p. 410-428.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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