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Three-point worldsheet ghost correlator (⟨c(z1​)c(z2​)c(z3​)⟩=z12​z13​z23​)

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On the Riemann sphere, three holomorphic reparameterization ghost zero modes correspond to the three infinitesimal Möbius transformations. Three c insertions saturate their Grassmann integral. In a basis 1,z,z2, their integral is the Vandermonde determinant, giving z12​z13​z23​ up to an ordering-dependent sign. Including the antiholomorphic factor gives ∣z12​z13​z23​∣2, the Jacobian in sphere gauge fixing for four string vertices.

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  • Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2012 / iii / Paper 51 / 1 / Solution

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