Higher Derivative Gravitation in Superstrings
High Energy Physics - Theory
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
A discussion of the number of degrees of freedom, and their dynamical properties, in higher derivative gravitational theories is presented. It is shown that non-vanishing terms arise in N=1, D=4 superstring Lagrangians due to one-loop radiative corrections with light field internal lines.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9506028,
title = {Higher Derivative Gravitation in Superstrings},
author = {Burt A. Ovrut},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9506028},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
Talk presented at STRINGS'95, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, March 13-18, 1995; 6 pages, latex