Counting states in heterotic SO(32) string theory | A First Course in String Theory
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(b) Consider the left R’ sector. Write the precise mass-squared formula with normal-ordered oscillators and the appropriate normal-ordering constant.
We have 32 zero modes and 16 linear combinations behave as creation operators.
As usual half of the ground states have and the other half have
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Let denote ground states with
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How many ground states are there?
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p.315 “Being zero modes, these creation operators do not contribute to the mass-squared of the states. Postulating a unique vacuum , the creation operators allow us to construct
degenerate Ramond ground states.”
Following the same logic:
Postulating a unique vacuum , the creation operators allow us to construct
degenerate Ramond ground states.
Therefore, there are ground states
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— Me@2018-10-29 03:11:07 PM
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