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An Alternative Perspective on Ambitwistor String Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-09-17 v1

Abstract

We review some ideas on the relationship between massless superparticles and the division algebras to provide a new perspective on ambitwsitor string theories. The key concern is the critical theory. We show that this theory has a reducible soft algebra, rather than a conventional Lie algebra. This algebra only closes on-shell. The BV procedure is employed to deal with the on-shell closure of the algebra and the classical Master Action is presented.

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@article{arxiv.1809.05177,
  title  = {An Alternative Perspective on Ambitwistor String Theory},
  author = {N. Carabine and R. A. Reid-Edwards},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1809.05177},
  year   = {2018}
}

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27 pages

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