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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810009103321

Autore

Hoogeveen Joost

Titolo

Fundamentals of the pure spinor formalism [[electronic resource] /] / Joost Hoogeveen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, 2010

ISBN

90-485-1312-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (180 p.)

Collana

UvA-proefschriften

Disciplina

531/.14

Soggetti

Spinor analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.