Pure spinor superstrings on generic type IIA supergravity backgrounds

被引:11
作者
D'Auria, R. [1 ]
Fre, P. [2 ,3 ]
Grassi, P. A. [3 ,4 ]
Trigiante, M. [1 ]
机构
[1] Politecn Torino, Dipartimento Fis, C So Duca Abruzzi 24, I-10129 Turin, Italy
[2] Univ Turin, Dipartimento Fis Teor, I-10125 Turin, Italy
[3] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Torino, I-10125 Turin, Italy
[4] Univ Piemonte Orientale, DISTA, I-15100 Alessandria, Italy
来源
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS | 2008年 / 07期
关键词
superstrings and heterotic strings; BRST symmetry; BRST quantization;
D O I
10.1088/1126-6708/2008/07/059
中图分类号
O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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摘要
We derive the Free Differential Algebra for type IIA supergravity in 10 dimensions in the string frame. We provide all fermionic terms for all curvatures. We derive the Green-Schwarz sigma model for type IIA superstring based on the FDA construction and we check its invariance under K-symmetry. Finally, we derive the pure spinor sigma model and we check the BRST invariance. The present derivation has the advantage that the resulting sigma model is constructed in terms of the superfields appearing in the FDA and therefore one can directly relate a supergravity background with the corresponding sigma model. The complete explicit form of the BRST transformations is given and some new pure spinor constraints are obtained. Finally, the explicit form of the action is given.
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