The massless spectrum of covariant superstrings

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 79-83

  Grassi, Pietro Antonio ^a   Van Nieuwenhuizen, Peter ^a   Policastro, Giuseppe ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SCUOLA NORMALE SUPERIORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

BRST Symmetry; Conformal Field Models in String Theory; Space Time Symmetries; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044483215     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2002/11/004     Document Type: Article

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