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We propose an action for the null string, where space-time conformal invariance is manifest, discuss it's gauge symmetries, and study the quantization of this model using covariant techniques. The presence of a BRST anomaly for every space-time dimensionality confirms previously noted problems of preserving space-time conformal symmetry of the null string in the quantum theory.
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Isberg, J. (1995). Manifestly space-time conformally invariant null strings. In: Aktaş, G., Saçlioğlu, C., Serdaroğlu, M. (eds) Strings and Symmetries. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 447. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-59163-X_262
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