A Problem with the Superstring Action of Deriglazov and Galajinsky

Abstract

Deriglazov and Galajinsky have recently proposed a new covariant action for the Green-Schwarz superstring which can be constructed in any spacetime dimension. In this short note, I show that their action contains extra on-shell degrees of freedom as compared with the standard action, and is therefore inequivalent.

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