SuperHiggs Mechanism in String Theory
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✦ hep-th
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fieldns-nsstringsuperhiggstheorybackgroundbreaksbrst
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We exhibit the superHiggs effect in heterotic string theory by turning on a background NS-NS field and deforming the BRST operator consistent with superconformal invariance. The NS-NS field spontaneously breaks spacetime supersymmetry. We show how the gravitini and the physical dilatini gain mass by eating the would-be Goldstone fermions.
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