Super D-branes from BRST Symmetry
Abstract
Recently a new formalism has been developed for the covariant quantization of superstrings. We study properties of Dp-branes and p-branes in this new framework, focusing on two different topics: effective actions and boundary states for Dp-branes. We present a derivation of the Wess-Zumino terms for super (D)p-branes using BRST symmetry. To achieve this we derive the BRST symmetry for superbranes, starting from the approach with/without pure spinors, and completely characterize the WZ terms as elements of the BRST cohomology. We also develope the boundary state description of Dp-branes by analyzing the boundary conditions for open strings in the completely covariant (i.e., without pure spinors) BRST formulation.
- Publication:
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Journal of High Energy Physics
- Pub Date:
- November 2003
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:hep-th/0307260
- Bibcode:
- 2003JHEP...11..010A
- Keywords:
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- Superstrings and Heterotic Strings p-branes D-branes BRST Symmetry;
- High Energy Physics - Theory
- E-Print:
- 31 pp