Four-dimensional spectrum generating algebra for the superstring

TL;DR

This paper develops a four-dimensional spectrum generating algebra for the superstring, making its structure explicit and providing tools for analyzing supersymmetric spectra in four-dimensional models.

Contribution

It introduces a novel spectrum generating algebra for the superstring that explicitly encodes four-dimensional structure and supersymmetry, enhancing analysis of on-shell superspaces.

Findings

Established a one-to-one correspondence with the conventional superstring spectrum.

Derived a simple realization of supersymmetry charges involving the six extra dimensions.

Computed the helicity partition function algebraically.

Abstract

We derive the spectrum generating algebra for the hybrid string with manifest $\mathcal{N}=1$ super Poincar\'e symmetry in $\mathbb{R}^{3,1}\times\mathbb{R}^{6}$. Our DDF operators establish a one-to-one correspondence with the conventional superstring spectrum, while making its four-dimensional structure manifest. We also discuss part of the antifield spectrum, and introduce a simple realization of the supersymmetry charges involving the $\mathbb{R}^{6}$ directions. As an application, we algebraically compute the helicity partition function. These results provide new tools for analyzing four-dimensional on-shell superspaces and may extend naturally to phenomenologically relevant compactifications.