{"paper":{"title":"The Quantum Superstring as a WZNW Model with N=2 Superconformal Symmetry","license":"","headline":"","cross_cats":[],"primary_cat":"hep-th","authors_text":"Cambridge), G. Policastro (DAMTP, P. A. Grassi (YITP, P. van Nieuwenhuizen (YITP, Stony Brook)","submitted_at":"2003-07-07T17:08:59Z","abstract_excerpt":"We present a new development in our approach to the covariant quantization of superstrings in 10 dimensions which is based on a gauged WZNW model. To incorporate worldsheet diffeomorphisms we need the quartet of ghosts $(b_{zz},c^{z}, \\b_{zz}, \\g^{z})$ for topological gravity. The currents of this combined system form an N=2 superconformal algebra. The model has vanishing central charge and contains two anticommuting BRST charges, $Q_{S}=Q_{W} + \\oint \\g^{z} b_{zz} + \\oint \\eta_{z}$ and $Q_{V} = \\oint c^{z} \\Big(T^{W}_{zz} + {1\\over 2} T^{top}_{zz}\\Big) + \\g^{z} (B^{W}_{zz} + {1\\over 2} B^{top"},"claims":{"count":0,"items":[],"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"source":{"id":"hep-th/0307056","kind":"arxiv","version":3},"verdict":{"id":null,"model_set":{},"created_at":null,"strongest_claim":"","one_line_summary":"","pipeline_version":null,"weakest_assumption":"","pith_extraction_headline":""},"references":{"count":0,"sample":[],"resolved_work":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57","internal_anchors":0},"formal_canon":{"evidence_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"author_claims":{"count":0,"strong_count":0,"snapshot_sha256":"258153158e38e3291e3d48162225fcdb2d5a3ed65a07baac614ab91432fd4f57"},"builder_version":"pith-number-builder-2026-05-17-v1"}