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We present a new approach to the problem of covariantly quantizing the superstring. The starting point is Berkovits’ pure spinor formalism; the pure spinor constraint is then removed, and a suitable BRST operator is found with the correct cohomology. This work has been done in collaboration with P. A. Grassi, M. Porrati and P. van Nieuwenhuizen.
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Policastro, G. (2003). On The Covariant Quantization Of Superstrings. In: Baulieu, L., Rabinovici, E., Harvey, J., Pioline, B., Windey, P. (eds) Progress in String, Field and Particle Theory. NATO Science Series, vol 104. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0211-0_38
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