Quantization of Superstrings in Ramond-Ramond Backgrounds

Abstract

We present a perturbative study of Ramond-Ramond backgrounds in the NSR formalism. We show how to perform sigma-model computations and discuss in detail the structure of the BRST charge and picture-changing operators. Contact terms play a vital role in the analysis. We also give evidence for a two loop non-renormalization theorem for the background beta functions.

29 pages, 1 figure; uses LaTeX, epsf, hyperref packages; references added

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