Superstrings in graviphoton background and N = 1/2 + 3/2 supersymmetry

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2003-07-01

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Berkovits, Nathan [UNESP]
Seiberg, Nathan

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Motivated by Ooguri and Vafa, we study superstrings in flat ℝ4 in a constant self-dual graviphoton background. The supergravity equations of motion are satisfied in this background which deforms the M = 2 d = 4 flat space super-Poincaré algebra to another algebra with eight supercharges. A D-brane in this space preserves a quarter of the supercharges; i.e. N = 1/2 supersymmetry is realized linearly, and the remaining N = 3/2 supersymmetry is realized nonlinearly. The theory on the brane can be described as a theory in noncommutative superspace in which the chiral fermionic coordinates θα of N = 1 d = 4 superspace are not Grassman variables but satisfy a Clifford algebra. © SISSA/ISAS 2003.

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D-branes, Superspaces, Superstrings and Heterotic Strings

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Journal of High Energy Physics, v. 7, n. 7, p. 235-244, 2003.