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Heterotic Twistor-String Theory

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Speaker(s): 
David Skinner
Scientific Areas: 
Quantum Fields and Strings
Collection/Series: 
String Seminars
PIRSA Number: 
07090052

Abstract

I'll discuss a reformulation of twistor-string theory as a heterotic string. This clarifies why conformal supergravity arises and provides a link between the Berkovits and Witten pictures. The talk is based on
arXiv:0708:2276 with Lionel Mason.