From supergeometry to pure spinors
Paper i proceeding, 2010

In this talk, we review how the superspace formulation of maximally supersymmetric field theories (including supergravity) naturally leads to introduction of pure spinors and pure spinor superfields, and why the formalism provides off-shell formulations. This approach to pure spinor superfields thus stresses field-theoretic aspects rather than the first-quantised ones normally used e.g. in superstring theory. We discuss how the BRST operator arises and the principles behind constructions of actions, as well as the general Batalin-Vilkovisky framework. D=11 supergravity and its recently constructed supersymmetric action are taken as an example throughout the talk. This is the written version of a lecture given at the 6th Mathematical Physics Meeting, Belgrade, September 2010.

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Martin Cederwall

Chalmers, Teknisk fysik, Matematisk fysik

Proceedings of 6th Mathematical Physics Meeting, Belgrade


9788682441304 (ISBN)

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Matematik

Fysik

Fundament

Grundläggande vetenskaper

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9788682441304

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