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arxiv: hep-th/9503173 · v1 · pith:AXWTR22Znew · submitted 1995-03-24 · ✦ hep-th

Subcritical Superstrings

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keywords dimensionsliouvilleanomalybosoniccanceledcentralchargeschiral
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We introduce the Liouville mode into the Green-Schwarz superstring. Like massive supersymmetry without central charges, there is no kappa symmetry. However, the second-class constraints (and corresponding Wess-Zumino term) remain, and can be solved by (twisted) chiral superspace in dimensions D=4 and 6. The matter conformal anomaly is c = 4-D < 1. It thus can be canceled for physical dimensions by the usual Liouville methods, unlike the bosonic string (for which the consistency condition is c = D <= 1).

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