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The type II superstring to order θ 4

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The Green-Schwarz superstring action in a general type IIA or IIB supergravity background is derived up to fourth order in the Grassmann-odd coordinates θ. This is done by solving the superspace Bianchi identities order by order in θ, to quadratic order for all superfields and to quartic order for the supervielbeins. For a large class of backgrounds it is possible to fix the kappa symmetry in such a way that the action actually terminates at the quartic order in θ.

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Wulff, L. The type II superstring to order θ 4 . J. High Energ. Phys. 2013, 123 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2013)123

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