Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1994-11-15
Nucl.Phys.B447:297-316,1995
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
17 pages, latex, no figures. Significant revisions, with extended discussion of cohomology in different bases for fermionic cu
Scientific paper
10.1016/0550-3213(95)00209-B
We study the $N=2$ string with a real structure on the $(2,2)$ spacetime, using BRST methods. Several new features emerge. In the diagonal basis, the operator $\exp(\lambda \int^z J^{\rm tot})$, which is associated with the moduli for the $U(1)$ gauge field on the world-sheet, is local and it relates the physical operators in the NS and R sectors. However, the picture-changing operators are non-invertible in this case, and physical operators in different pictures cannot be identified. The three-point interactions of all physical operators leads to three different types of amplitudes, which can be effectively described by the interactions of a scalar NS operator and a bosonic spinorial R operator. In the off-diagonal bases for the fermionic currents, the picture-changing operators are invertible, and hence physical operators in different pictures can be identified. However, now there is no local operator $\exp(\lambda \int^z J^{\rm tot})$ that relates the physical operators in different sectors. The physical spectrum is thus described by one scalar NS operator and one spinorial R operator. The NS and R operators give rise to different types of three-point amplitudes, and thus cannot be identified.
Lu Hai
Pope Christopher N.
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