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arxiv: hep-th/0509165 · v1 · submitted 2005-09-21 · ✦ hep-th

Pure-spinor superstrings in d=2,4,6

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keywords pure-spinorsuperstringcompactificationscovariantmodelssuperstringsalgebraargue
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We continue the study of the d=2,4,6 pure-spinor superstring models introduced in [1]. By explicitly solving the pure-spinor constraint we show that these theories have vanishing central charge and work out the (covariant) current algebra for the Lorentz currents. We argue that these super-Poincare covariant models may be thought of as compactifications of the superstring on CY_{4,3,2}, and take some steps toward making this precise by constructing a map to the RNS superstring variables. We also discuss the relation to the so called hybrid superstrings, which describe the same type of compactifications.

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