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N=2 Superconformal Description of Superstring in Ramond-Ramond Plane Wave Backgrounds

Nathan Berkovits, Juan Maldacena

hep-tharXiv:hep-th/0208092

Abstract

Using the U(4) formalism developed ten years ago, the worldsheet action for the superstring in Ramond-Ramond plane wave backgrounds is expressed in a manifestly N=(2,2) superconformally invariant manner. This simplifies the construction of consistent Ramond-Ramond plane wave backgrounds and eliminates the problems associated with light-cone interaction point operators.

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