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arxiv: hep-th/9307039 · v1 · submitted 1993-07-06 · ✦ hep-th

Doubly Supersymmetric Null Strings and String Tension Generation

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keywords nullstringgenerationmodelstringssupersymmetrytensionworldsheet
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We propose a twistor--like formulation of N=1, D=3,4,6 and 10 null superstrings. The model possesses N=1 target space supersymmetry and n=D-2 local worldsheet supersymmetry, the latter replaces the kappa-symmetry of the conventional approach to the strings. Adding a Wess--Zumino term to a null superstring action we observe a string tension generation mechanism: the induced worldsheet metric becomes non-degenerate and the resulting model turns out to be classically equivalent to the heterotic string.

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