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Some superstring amplitude computations with the non-minimal pure spinor formalism
Author(s) -
Nathan Berkovits,
Carlos R. Mafra
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
journal of high energy physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.998
H-Index - 261
eISSN - 1126-6708
pISSN - 1029-8479
DOI - 10.1088/1126-6708/2006/11/079
Subject(s) - pure spinor , superstring theory , superspace , spinor , covariant transformation , mathematical physics , physics , massless particle , poincaré conjecture , amplitude , formalism (music) , quantum electrodynamics , quantum mechanics , supersymmetry , art , musical , visual arts
We use the non-minimal pure spinor formalism to compute in a super-Poincarecovariant manner the four-point massless one and two-loop open superstringamplitudes, and the gauge anomaly of the six-point one-loop amplitude. All ofthese amplitudes are expressed as integrals of ten-dimensional superfields in a"pure spinor superspace" which involves five $\theta$ coordinates covariantlycontracted with three pure spinors. The bosonic contribution to theseamplitudes agrees with the standard results, and we demonstrate identitieswhich show how the $t_8$ and $\epsilon_{10}$ tensors naturally emerge fromintegrals over pure spinor superspace.Comment: 20 pages, harvmac te

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