paper

Conquest of the ghost pyramid of the superstring

arXiv:hep-th/0506198 · doi:10.1088/1126-6708/2005/08/102

Abstract

We give a new Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin operator for the superstring. It implies a quadratic gauge-fixed action, and a new gauge-invariant action with first-class constraints. The infinite pyramid of spinor ghosts appears in a simple way through ghost gamma matrices.

30 pages, 1 figure, Latex