TY - JOUR
T1 - Strings in background fields
AU - Callan, Curtis Gove
AU - Friedan, D.
AU - Martinec, E. J.
AU - Perry, M. J.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1985/12/30
Y1 - 1985/12/30
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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U2 - 10.1016/0550-3213(85)90506-1
DO - 10.1016/0550-3213(85)90506-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33750667450
SN - 0550-3213
VL - 262
SP - 593
EP - 609
JO - Nuclear Physics, Section B
JF - Nuclear Physics, Section B
IS - 4
ER -