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A Note on Graviton Amplitudes for New Twistor String Theories

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

A new class of twistor string theories were recently constructed by Abou-Zeid, Hull and Mason. The most interesting one of these theories has the particle content of N=8 supergravity. Arguments are given for the vanishing of the (+ - -)-helicity amplitude for gravitons which suggest that this theory describes a chiral N=8 supergravity rather than Einstein supergravity.

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@article{arxiv.0710.4961,
  title  = {A Note on Graviton Amplitudes for New Twistor String Theories},
  author = {V. P. Nair},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0710.4961},
  year   = {2008}
}

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10 pages

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