The no-ghost theorem for string theory in curved backgrounds with a flat timelike direction

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 588, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 453-470

  Asano, Masako ^a   Natsuume, Makoto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

Author keywords

11.25. w; 11.25.Hf; 11.25.Mj; BRST quantization; Cohomology; No ghost theorem; Vanishing theorem

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012353723     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0550-3213(00)00495-8     Document Type: Article

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