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Some Superstring Amplitude Computations with the Non-Minimal Pure Spinor Formalism

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-11 v1

Abstract

We use the non-minimal pure spinor formalism to compute in a super-Poincare covariant manner the four-point massless one and two-loop open superstring amplitudes, and the gauge anomaly of the six-point one-loop amplitude. All of these amplitudes are expressed as integrals of ten-dimensional superfields in a "pure spinor superspace" which involves five θ\theta coordinates covariantly contracted with three pure spinors. The bosonic contribution to these amplitudes agrees with the standard results, and we demonstrate identities which show how the t8t_8 and ϵ10\epsilon_{10} tensors naturally emerge from integrals over pure spinor superspace.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0607187,
  title  = {Some Superstring Amplitude Computations with the Non-Minimal Pure Spinor Formalism},
  author = {Nathan Berkovits and Carlos R. Mafra},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0607187},
  year   = {2009}
}

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20 pages, harvmac tex

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