Closed string degeneracies | A First Course in String Theory
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(b) State the values of and give the separate degeneracies of bosons and fermions for the first five mass levels of the type IIA closed superstrings. Would the answer have the different for type IIB?
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Since for NS, the first 5 levels’ degeneracies are 8, 36, 128, 402, 1152, the degeneracies of (NS, NS) are .
This is incorrect, for there are no (NS, NS) states. Instead, you should consider (NS+, NS+).
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Since for NS+, the first 5 levels’ degeneracies are 8, 128, 1152, 7680, 42112, the degeneracies of (NS+, NS+) are .
p.317 Consider the relationship of the degeneracy of R+ and that of R-:
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How about the first 5 levels of R+?
The degeneracies are the same as those of R-.
p.317 Equation (14.54) “The appearance of an equal number of bosonic and fermionic states at every mass level is a signal of supersymmetry. This is, however, supersymmetry on the world-sheet.”
Equation (14.71):
p.321 “Indeed, the integer mass-squared levels in the NS generating function (14.67) have degeneracies that match those of (14.71) for the R- sector.”
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— Me@2018-05-14 02:51:55 PM
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