Correction of an error on central charges
Signed-off-by: Riccardo Finotello <riccardo.finotello@gmail.com>
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		| @@ -572,19 +572,21 @@ which show that $c_{\text{ghost}} = - 26$. | ||||
| The central charge is therefore cancelled in the full theory (bosonic string and reparametrisation ghosts) when the spacetime dimensions are $D = 26$. | ||||
| In fact let $\cT_{\text{full}} = \cT + \cT_{\text{ghost}}$ and $\overline{\cT}_{\text{full}} = \overline{\cT} + \overline{\cT}_{\text{ghost}}$, then: | ||||
| \begin{equation} | ||||
|   \eval{\cT_{\text{full}}( z )}_{\order{(z - w)^{-4}}} | ||||
|   = | ||||
|   \eval{\overline{\cT}_{\text{full}}( \barz )}_{\order{(\barz - \barw)^{-4}}} | ||||
|   = | ||||
|   c + c_{\text{ghost}} | ||||
|   = | ||||
|   \frac{D}{2} - 13 | ||||
|   = | ||||
|   0 | ||||
|   \quad | ||||
|   \Leftrightarrow | ||||
|   \quad | ||||
|   D = 26. | ||||
|   \begin{split} | ||||
|     \eval{\cT_{\text{full}}( z ) \cT_{\text{full}}( z )}_{\order{(z - w)^{-4}}} | ||||
|     = | ||||
|     \eval{\overline{\cT}_{\text{full}}( \barz ) \overline{\cT}_{\text{full}}( \barz )}_{\order{(\barz - \barw)^{-4}}} | ||||
|     & = | ||||
|     \frac{c + c_{\text{ghost}}}{2} | ||||
|     \\ | ||||
|     & = | ||||
|     \frac{D}{2} - 13 | ||||
|     = | ||||
|     0 | ||||
|     \\ | ||||
|     & \Leftrightarrow | ||||
|     D = 26. | ||||
|   \end{split} | ||||
| \end{equation} | ||||
| $\cT_{\text{full}}$ and $\overline{\cT}_{\text{full}}$ are then primary fields with conformal weight $-2$. | ||||
|  | ||||
| @@ -695,19 +697,21 @@ These are conformal fields with conformal weights $\qty( \frac{3}{2},\, 0 )$ and | ||||
| Their central charge becomes $c_{\text{ghost}} = c_{bc} + c_{\beta\gamma} = -26 + 11 = -15$ (see \cref{note:conf:ghosts} for the general computation). | ||||
| When considering the full theory $\cT_{\text{full}} = \cT + \cT_{\text{ghost}}$ and $\overline{\cT}_{\text{full}} = \overline{\cT} + \overline{\cT}_{\text{ghost}}$ the central charge vanishes only in 10-dimensional spacetime: | ||||
| \begin{equation} | ||||
|   \eval{\cT_{\text{full}}( z )}_{\order{(z - w)^{-4}}} | ||||
|   = | ||||
|   \eval{\overline{\cT}_{\text{full}}( \barz )}_{\order{(\barz - \barw)^{-4}}} | ||||
|   = | ||||
|   c + c_{\text{ghost}} | ||||
|   = | ||||
|   \frac{3}{2}\, D - 15 | ||||
|   = | ||||
|   0 | ||||
|   \quad | ||||
|   \Leftrightarrow | ||||
|   \quad | ||||
|   D = 10. | ||||
|   \begin{split} | ||||
|     \eval{\cT_{\text{full}}( z ) \cT_{\text{full}}( z )}_{\order{(z - w)^{-4}}} | ||||
|     = | ||||
|     \eval{\overline{\cT}_{\text{full}}( \barz ) \overline{\cT}_{\text{full}}( \barz )}_{\order{(\barz - \barw)^{-4}}} | ||||
|     & = | ||||
|     \frac{c + c_{\text{ghost}}}{2} | ||||
|     \\ | ||||
|     & = | ||||
|     \frac{3}{4}\, D - \frac{15}{2} | ||||
|     = | ||||
|     0 | ||||
|     \\ | ||||
|     & \Leftrightarrow | ||||
|     D = 10. | ||||
|   \end{split} | ||||
|   \label{eq:super:dimensions} | ||||
| \end{equation} | ||||
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