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F-theory amplitudes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-11-23 v2

Abstract

We propose 4-point S-matrices for three-dimensional F-theory. We will use the twistor formalism to facilitate constructing the amplitude. We write the amplitude in a way such that the F-symmetry (U-duality symmetry) is manifest. The amplitude can be schematically written as A4=w4/stuA_{4} = w^{4}/stu, where ww is an analog of the linearized Weyl tensor in F-theory, and w4w^{4} is a shorthand for the sum of various contractions that can happen between the Weyl tensors. The gauge invariance is actually non-trivial since ww is in general not gauge invariant. With the help of the twistor formalism, one can verify that this formula is indeed gauge invariant. The amplitude also reduces to the ordinary 4-graviton amplitude under the reduction to M-theory (which is just 4D supergravity).

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@article{arxiv.2010.14590,
  title  = {F-theory amplitudes},
  author = {Warren Siegel and Yu-Ping Wang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.14590},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

26 pages. This paper is compiled in LuaTex. The source can be found at http://insti.physics.sunysb.edu/~siegel/tex.shtml

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