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Fundamentals of the pure spinor formalism / Joost Hoogeveen.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Summary language: Dutch Series: UvA-proefschriftenPublication details: [Amsterdam] : Amsterdam University Press, ©2010.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 167 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9789048513123
  • 904851312X
  • 9056296418
  • 9789056296414
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Fundamentals of the Pure Spinor Formalism.DDC classification:
  • 515/.63 22
LOC classification:
  • QA433 .H66 2010eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Preface; 1. String theory; 2. Pure spinor formalism; 3. Basic techniques; 4. BRST quantisation of the pure spinor superstring; 5. Decoupling of unphysical states; 6. Discussion and conclusion; Appendix A; Bibliography; Samenvatting; Acknowledgments.
Dissertation note: doctoral Universiteit van Amsterdam 2010 Summary: 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.
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In English with summary in Dutch.

doctoral Universiteit van Amsterdam 2010

Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-159).

Preface; 1. String theory; 2. Pure spinor formalism; 3. Basic techniques; 4. BRST quantisation of the pure spinor superstring; 5. Decoupling of unphysical states; 6. Discussion and conclusion; Appendix A; Bibliography; Samenvatting; Acknowledgments.

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.

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