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Four-Derivative Brane Couplings from String Amplitudes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-05-30 v1

Abstract

We evaluate the string theory disc amplitude of one Ramond-Ramond field C^(p-3) and two Neveu-Schwarz B-fields in the presence of a single Dp-brane in type II string theory. From this amplitude we extract the four-derivative (or equivalently order (alpha')^2) part of the Dp-brane action involving these fields. We show that the new couplings are invariant under R-R and NS-NS gauge transformations and compatible with linear T-duality.

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@article{arxiv.1110.3831,
  title  = {Four-Derivative Brane Couplings from String Amplitudes},
  author = {Katrin Becker and Guangyu Guo and Daniel Robbins},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.3831},
  year   = {2015}
}

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31 pages, 7 figures

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