{
  "id": "hep-th/9303051",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "1993-03-09T13:46:00.000Z",
  "updated": "1993-03-12T11:53:00.000Z",
  "title": "On the BRST Operator of $W$-Strings",
  "authors": [
    "E. Bergshoeff",
    "H. J. Boonstra",
    "M. de Roo",
    "S. Panda",
    "A. Sevrin"
  ],
  "comment": "12 pages, UG-2/93, UCB-PTH-93/05, LBL-33737 (equations (30) and (31) have been corrected)",
  "journal": "Phys.Lett. B308 (1993) 34-41",
  "doi": "10.1016/0370-2693(93)90598-C",
  "categories": [
    "hep-th"
  ],
  "abstract": "We discuss the conditions under which the BRST operator of a $W$-string can be written as the sum of two operators that are separately nilpotent and anticommute with each other. We illustrate our results with the example of the non-critical $W_3$-string. Furthermore, we apply our results to make a conjecture about a relationship between the spectrum of a non-critical $W_n$-string and a $W_{n-1}$-string.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "1993-03-12T11:53:00.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "brst operator",
      "separately nilpotent",
      "conditions",
      "anticommute"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 12,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "inspire": 353097
    }
  }
}