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Twistor approach to classical and quantum D0-brane

Igor Bandos1,2,* and Mirian Tsulaia3,†

  • *Contact author: igor.bandos@ehu.eus
  • †Contact author: mirian.tsulaia@oist.jp
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Phys. Rev. D 114, 046023 – Published 31 August, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/ntm6-v7t4

Abstract

We develop the (super)twistor approach to D0-brane, which is the massive type IIA superparticle in ten-dimensional spacetime. The basic variables are hexadecuplet of constrained OSp(32|1) supertwistors similar but not identical to the ones which have been used for the description of 11D massless superparticle, also known as M0-brane. We show how the constrained supertwistor formulation is related to the spinor moving frame approach to D0-brane. We perform the quantization of the model by two different methods and discuss the relation of the results with the quantization of the spinor moving frame formulation of D0-branes. The quantum state spectrum describes the massive counterpart of the linearized type IIA supergravity.

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Phys. Rev. D 114, 046023– Published 31 August, 2026
  • Received 3 June 2026
  • Accepted 29 July 2026
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