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N=2 Superstrings with (1,2m) Spacetime Signature

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arxiv hep-th/9112014 v1 pith:4KW35KAA submitted 1991-12-06 hep-th

N=2 Superstrings with (1,2m) Spacetime Signature

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We show that the $N=2$ superstring in $d=2D\ge6$ real dimensions, with criticality achieved by including background charges in the two real time directions, exhibits a ``coordinate-freezing'' phenomenon, whereby the momentum in one of the two time directions is constrained to take a specific value for each physical state. This effectively removes this time direction as a physical coordinate, leaving the theory with $(1,d-2)$ real spacetime signature. Norm calculations for low-lying physical states suggest that the theory is ghost free.

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