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Equations for tetrad and spin connection
Fixing and
Fixing and
Einstein equations
Antisymmetric tensor
Equations for bispinors
Equations following from
Equations for RR bispinor following from

Coefficients of normal form satisfy wave equations

    Equations for tetrad and spin connection
        Fixing and
        Fixing and
        Einstein equations
        Antisymmetric tensor
    Equations for bispinors
        Equations following from
        Equations for RR bispinor following from

Modulo we can choose the coordinates so that:

(37)

(38)

(39)

(40)

where are some functions of . Indeed, using 〚First page〛:
  • enters on Line (37),

  • Second part of (see Eq. (25)) and on Line (38),

  • First part of (see Eq. (25)) and on Line (39)

Equations for tetrad and spin connection

Fixing and

Let us study the linearized order in deviations from flat space-time. In flat space-time . The deviation from flatness can be written as:

where and are infinitesimal. We assume summation over repeated indices. We can choose a freedom of redefinitions of both and to fix:

(41)

(42)

At this point, the only remaining freedom in redefinition of and is overall rescaling of . We fixed both down to the diagonal .

Fixing and

According to 〚 and 〛, we can choose:

(43)

From , the coefficient of , projected to (see Eq. (33)):

(44)

Similarly with :

(45)

Eqs. (43) and (44) and similar equations with determine and in terms of and . Eqs. (44) and (45) guarantee the cancellation of the obstacle in , i.e. the one containing . It remains the coefficient of (see Eq. (25)). This will cancel by and , see 〚Equations following from 〛.

Let us denote:

and similar definition for in terms of .

This notation is useful, because for any vector :

From , the coefficient of :

Equivalently:

(46)

(47)

Eq. (46) is zero torsion of the “average” (i.e. left plus right) connection.

Einstein equations

Let us denote:

Then Eq. (46) implies the existence of such that:

(48)

Infinitesimal coordinate redefinition , followed a compensating rotation of and in order to preserve Eq. (41), corresponds to:

The overall rescaling

(49)

corresponds to:

(50)

(51)

(52)

From and follows that and both satisfy Maxwell equations:

(53)

Considering the scalar part, we conclude that satisfies the Maxwell equations:

and satisfies:

(54)

It follows from the symmetry that exists such that . Therefore:

(55)

The rescaling Eqs. (50), (51) and (52) are accompanied by:

With Eq. (54), the consistency of the sum of Eq. (44) and Eq. (45) requires, modulo zero modes:

and therefore can be gauged away:

fixing the overall rescaling gauge symmetry of Eq. (49).

Antisymmetric tensor

Eq. (47) implies, after total symmetrization:

(56)

Modulo finite dimensional spaces, Eqs. (56), (47) and (42) imply that (cf Eq. (64)):

(57)

Therefore is antisymmetric:

Eqs. (53) imply:

(58)

The consistency of the difference of Eq. (44) and Eq. (45) implies that is harmonic:

and, modulo a constant, divergenceless:

(59)

Then:

Equations for bispinors

Equations following from

Considering terms proportional to and similar terms with , we need to require that they cancel similar terms in 〚Fixing and 〛.

This implies that modulo zero modes:

The antisymmetric tensor field should be identified with the field strength of the NSNS B-field: .

Now consider the terms proportional to :

It is cancelled by adding:

leading to the extra term:

There is a similar contribution with . For them to cancel each other, we need:

Equations for RR bispinor following from

To get and we need: