Covariant Computation of the Low Energy Effective Action of the Heterotic Superstring

Details Covariant Computation of the Low Energy Effective Action of the Heterotic Superstring Covariant Computation of the Low Energy Effective Action of the Heterotic Superstring

1996-08-12

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9608078v1

Nucl.Phys. B481 (1996) 129-187

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

59 pages, LaTeX, with two figures (needs epsfig)

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We derive the low energy effective action of the heterotic superstring in superspace. This is achieved by coupling the covariantly quantized Green-Schwarz superstring of Berkovits to a curved background and requiring that the sigma model has superconformal invariance at tree level and at one loop in $\a'$. Tree level superconformal invariance yields the complete supergravity algebra, and one-loop superconformal invariance the equations of motion of the low energy theory. The resulting low energy theory is old-minimal supergravity coupled to a tensor multiplet. The dilaton is part of the compensator multiplet.

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