WORLDSHEET ELECTROMAGNETISM AND THE SUPERSTRING TENSION

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TOWNSEND, PK
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10.1016/0370-2693(92)90748-S
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P1 [天文学];
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A superstring action, invariant under the symmetries corresponding to a free differential N = 1 superalgebra, is constructed. Its worldsheet fields include an electromagnetic gauge potential. Its equations of motion are those of the Green-Schwarz superstring but with the string tension given by the circulation of the worldsheet electric field around the string.
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