J. N. Acosta

A Note on the Superstring BRST Operator

We write the BRST operator of the N=1 superstring as $Q= e^{-R} (\oint dz γ^2 b)e^R$ where $γ$ and $b$ are super-reparameterization ghosts. This provides a trivial proof that $Q$ is nilpotent.