Beta-deformation in twistor-string theory

A bstract In this work, we investigate how the marginal beta deformation of the $$ \mathcal{N} $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:mi>N</mml:mi> </mml:math> = 4 super-Yang-Mills theory manifests within the context of the topological B-model in the twistor space $$ {\mathbbm{CP}}^{\left.3\right|4} $$ <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"> <mml:msup> <mml:mi>CP</mml:mi> <mml:mrow> <mml:mfenced> <mml:mn>3</mml:mn> </mml:mfenced> <mml:mn>4</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msup> </mml:math> . We begin by identifying the beta deformation as states living in a specific irreducible representation of the superconformal algebra. Then, we compute the ghost number two elements of the BRST cohomology of the topological model. A gauge-fixing procedure is applied to these states, allowing us to identify the elements living in the irreducible representation that characterizes the beta deformation. Based on this identification, we proceed to write the deformed topological action, and the corresponding deformed BRST operator.