RNS superstring

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Contents 1 Classical treatment 2 Quantization 3 Compactification 4 Thermodynamics 5 References

Classical treatment

• RNS model
• Global worldsheet supersymmetry
• Local worldsheet supersymmetry
• Mode expansion

Quantization

• Canonical quantization
• GSO projection
• Spectrum
• Spacetime supersymmetry

Compactification

• T-duality

Thermodynamics

References

Further reading: ^{[1] [2]}

1. ↑ D. Friedan, E. Martinec, S. Shenker, Conformal invariance, Supersymmetry and String Theory, Nucl. Phys. B271 (1986), 93-165; (PostScript version)
2. ↑ John H. Schwarz (Ed.) (1985). Superstrings: The First 15 Years of Superstring Theory. World Scientific Pub. ISBN 978-9971978662.