Abstract

For a string propagating in a Parisi-Sourlas superspace the critical dimension equals the difference in the number of positive-and negative-dimensional coordinates. In this way the dimension of the Minkowski subspace can be increased. Here we apply this to the N=2 superstring, with D c=2 and find anomaly-free N=2 superstrings in all positive even dimensions. Nontrivial theories can be constructed from these N=2 theories by truncation: In a Parisi-Sourlas superspace with a ten-dimensional Minkowski subspace we find the N=1 NSR superstring, and with a four-dimensional Minkowski subspace we find an N=1 superstring, classically related to the D=10 NSR superstring by a canonical transformation.

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