Adding holes and crosscaps to the superstring

Curtis Gove Callan, C. Lovelace, C. R. Nappi, S. A. Yost

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Abstract

A hole or crosscap in the world sheet of a superstring creates the eigenstate of the quantized boundary conditions. This observation makes the calculation of open string loop divergences almost trivial. We confirm that the O(32) theory is finite. In other theories, the divergences induce BRST anomalies. Cancelling them against the tree-level BRST anomalies of the sigma model gives the loop-corrected equations of motion without ambiguities.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)83-113
Number of pages31
JournalNuclear Physics, Section B
Volume293
Issue numberC
DOIs
StatePublished - 1987

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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