The no-ghost theorem in curved backgrounds with a timelike u(1): NSR string

Nuclear Physics B

Volumn 672, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 39-63

  Asano, Masako ^a   Natsuume, Makoto ^a,b  

^a HIGH ENERGY ACCELERATOR RESEARCH ORGANIZATION KEK   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BRST quantization; No ghost theorem; NSR string; Vanishing theorem

Indexed keywords

EID: 0142231915     PISSN: 05503213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2003.08.042     Document Type: Article

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