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Subcritical Superstrings
We introduce the Liouville mode into the Green-Schwarz superstring. Like
massive supersymmetry without central charges, there is no kappa symmetry.
However, the second-class constraints (and corresponding Wess-Zumino term)
remain, and can be solved by (twisted) chiral superspace in dimensions D=4 and
6. The matter conformal anomaly is c = 4-D < 1. It thus can be canceled for
physical dimensions by the usual Liouville methods, unlike the bosonic string
(for which the consistency condition is c = D <= 1).Comment: 9 pg., compressed postscript file (.ps.Z), other formats (.dvi, .ps,
.ps.Z, 8-bit .tex) available at
http://insti.physics.sunysb.edu/~siegel/preprints/ or at
ftp://max.physics.sunysb.edu/preprints/siege
Green-Schwarz Formulation of Self-Dual Superstring
The self-dual superstring has been described previously in a
Neveu-Schwarz-Ramond formulation with local N=2 or 4 world-sheet supersymmetry.
We present a Green-Schwarz-type formulation, with manifest spacetime
supersymmetry.Comment: 11 pg., (uuencoded dvi file) ITP-SB-92-5
Palomar 13: a velocity dispersion inflated by binaries ?
Recently, combining radial velocities from Keck/HIRES echelle spectra with
published proper motion membership probabilities, Cote et al (2002) observed a
sample of 21 stars, probable members of Palomar 13, a globular cluster in the
Galactic halo. Their projected velocity dispersion sigma_p = 2.2 +/-0.4 km/s
gives a mass-to-light ratio M/L_V = 40 +24/-17, about one order of magnitude
larger than the usual estimate for globular clusters. We present here radial
velocities measured from three different CCD frames of commissioning
observations obtained with the new ESO/VLT instrument FLAMES (Fibre Large Array
Multi Element Spectrograph). From these data, now publicly available, we
measure the homogeneous radial velocities of eight probable members of this
globular cluster. A new projected velocity dispersion sigma_p = 0.6-0.9 +/-0.3
km/s implies Palomar 13 mass-to-light ratio M/L_V = 3-7, similar to the usual
value for globular clusters. We discuss briefly the two most obvious reasons
for the previous unusual mass-to-light ratio finding: binaries, now clearly
detected, and more homogeneous data from the multi-fibre FLAMES spectrograph.Comment: 9 pages, 2 Postscript figure
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