$N=1$ from $N=2$ Superstrings

Nobuyoshi Ohta, Jens Lyng Petersen

Published 1993-12-23Version 1

We give a simple proof that a particular class of $N=2$ superstrings are equivalent to the $N=1$ superstrings. This is achieved by constructing a similarity transformation which transforms the $N=2$ BRST operators into a direct sum of the BRST operators for the $N=1$ string and topological sectors.