| Description |
1 online resource (180 pages) : illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
UvA Proefschriften Ser.
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UvA Proefschriften Ser.
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| Summary |
Annotation This thesis presents recent developments within the pure spinor formalism, which has simplified amplitude computations in perturbative string theory, especially when spacetime fermions are involved. Firstly the worldsheet action of both the minimal and the non-minimal pure spinor formalism is derived from first principles, i.e. from an action with two dimensional diffeomorphism and Weyl invariance. Secondly the decoupling of unphysical states in the minimal pure spinor formalism is proved. |
| Audience |
Scholarly & Professional Amsterdam University Press. |
| Contents |
Preface; 1. String theory; 2. Pure spinor formalism; 3. Basic techniques; 4. BRST quantisation of the pure spinor superstring; 5. Decoupling of unphysical states; 6. Discussion and conclusion; Appendix A; Bibliography; Samenvatting; Acknowledgments |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Spinor analysis.
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Spinor analysis. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic book.
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| ISBN |
9789056296414 |
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9056296418 (Trade Paper) |
| Standard No. |
9789056296414 |
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