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Divergences and Boundary Modes in N=8 Supergravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-02-17 v1

Abstract

We reconsider the one loop divergence of N=8{\cal N}=8 supergravity in four dimensions. We compute the finite effective potential of N=8{\cal N}=8 anti-deSitter supergravity and interpret it as logarithmic running of the cosmological constant. We find that quantum inequivalence between fields that are classically dual is due to boundary modes in AdS4_4. Some subtleties are traced to the difference between the Euler characteristic of global and thermal AdS4_4.

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@article{arxiv.1508.03413,
  title  = {Divergences and Boundary Modes in N=8 Supergravity},
  author = {Finn Larsen and Pedro Lisbao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1508.03413},
  year   = {2016}
}

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17 pages

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