Abstract
We formulate the propagation of strings in background fields, including the effects of metric, antisymmetric tensor, and dilaton expectation values, as well as gauge field backgrounds in the case of heterotic strings. The inclusion of background fermion fields is sketched. The equations of motion of all these fields are shown to be the consequence of (super) conformal invariance of the string.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 593-609 |
Number of pages | 17 |
Journal | Nuclear Physics, Section B |
Volume | 262 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 30 1985 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics