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Using the RNS-like fermionic vector variables introduced in arXiv:1305.0693, the pure spinor b ghost in a curved heterotic superstring background is easily constructed. This construction simplifies and completes the b ghost construction in a curved background of arXiv:1311.7012.
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Berkovits, N., Chandia, O. Simplified pure spinor b ghost in a curved heterotic superstring background. J. High Energ. Phys. 2014, 1 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2014)001
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