Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8195568 | Physics Letters B | 2008 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
To exhibit the possible origin of the inner complexity of the Berkovits's pure spinor approach, we consider the covariant BRST quantization of the D=11 massless superparticle (M0-brane) in its spinor moving frame or twistor-like Lorentz harmonics formulation. The presence of additional twistor-like variables (spinor harmonics) allows us to separate covariantly the first and the second class constraints. After taking into account the second class constraints by means of Dirac brackets and after further reducing the first class constraints algebra, the dynamical system is described by the cohomology of a simple BRST charge Qsusy associated to the d=1, n=16 supersymmetry algebra. The calculation of the cohomology of this Qsusy requires a regularization which implies the complexification of the bosonic ghost associated to the κ-symmetry and further leads to a complex (non-Hermitian) BRST charge QËsusy which is essentially the 'pure spinor' BRST charge QB by Berkovits, but with a composite pure spinor.
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Authors
Igor A. Bandos,