Fundamentals of the Pure Spinor Formalism

Joost Hoogeveen (1984) studied physics and mathematics, initially at the University of Amsterdam. In 2004 he continued these studies at the University of Cambridge. In 2005 he started his PhD research at the Institute of Theoretical Physics of the University of Amsterdam.

Contents - 8 Preface - 12 1. String theory - 14 2. Pure spinor formalism - 58 3. Basic techniques - 76 4. BRST quantisation of the pure spinor superstring - 98 5. Decoupling of unphysical states - 118 6. Discussion and conclusion - 156 Appendix A - 160 Bibliography - 168 Samenvatting - 174 Acknowledgments - 180