Relating the rns and pure spinor formalisms for the superstring

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1-25

  Berkovits, Nathan ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

BRST Symmetry; Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745023393     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/08/026     Document Type: Article

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