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Construction of $R^4$ Terms in N=2 D=8 Superspace

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-30 v2

Abstract

Using linearized superfields, R4R^4 terms in the Type II superstring effective action compactified on T2T^2 are constructed as integrals in N=2 D=8 superspace. The structure of these superspace integrals allows a simple proof of the R4R^4 non-renormalization theorems which were first conjectured by Green and Gutperle.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9709116,
  title  = {Construction of $R^4$ Terms in N=2 D=8 Superspace},
  author = {Nathan Berkovits},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9709116},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

15 pages harvmac tex (reference 2 is corrected and some details are added to the conclusion)