Fundamentals of the pure spinor formalism

Authors	J. Hoogeveen
Supervisors	R.H. Dijkgraaf
Cosupervisors	K. Skenderis
Award date	09-07-2010
ISBN	9789056296414
Number of pages	167
Publisher	Amsterdam: Vossiuspers - Amsterdam University Press
Organisations	Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Korteweg-de Vries Institute for Mathematics (KdVI)
Abstract	This thesis presents recent developments within the pure spinor formalism, which has simplified amplitude computations in perturbative string theory, especially when spacetime fermions are involved. Firstly the worldsheet action of both the minimal and the non-minimal pure spinor formalism is derived from first principles, i.e. from an action with two dimensional diffeomorphism and Weyl invariance. Secondly the decoupling of unphysical states in the minimal pure spinor formalism is proved.
Document type	PhD thesis
Note	Research conducted at: Universiteit van Amsterdam
Language	English
Published at	https://doi.org/10.5117/9789056296414
Published at	http://nl.aup.nl/books/9789056296414-fundamentals-of-the-pure-spinor-formalism.html
Downloads	Thesis Cover Title pages Publications Contents Preface Chapter 1: String theory Chapter 2: Pure spinor formalism Chapter 3: Basic techniques Chapter 4: BRST quantisation of the pure spinor superstring Chapter 5: Decoupling of unphysical states Chapter 6: Discussion and conclusion Appendix A: Detailed computations of I(k) Bibliography Samenvatting Acknowledgments Stellingen Propositions
Permalink to this page

Back

UvA-DARE