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The recently established B-RNS-GSS formalism is extended for the description of the heterotic superstring in curved backgrounds. We propose a generalized action and BRST charge defined in the small Hilbert space with the standard form of an 𝒩 = (1, 0) worldsheet superconformal theory with superconformal generator G and stress tensor T. We show that {G, G} = −2T implies the D=10 N=1 supergravity and super-Yang-Mills equations of motion, as well as holomorphicity of the BRST charge.
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Berkovits, N., Chandia, O., Gomide, J. et al. B-RNS-GSS heterotic string in curved backgrounds. J. High Energ. Phys. 2023, 102 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2023)102
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