English

Superstring measure and non-renormalization of the three-point amplitude

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We show that a recently conjectured expression for the superstring three-point amplitude, in the framework of the Cacciatori, Dalla Piazza, van Geemen - Grushevsky ansatz for the chiral measure, fails to vanish at three-loop, in contrast with expectations from non-renormalization theorems. Based on analogous two-loop computations, we discuss the possibility of a non-trivial correction to the amplitude and propose a natural candidate for such a contribution. Thanks to a new remarkable identity, it is reasonable to expect that the corrected three-point amplitude vanishes at three-loop, recovering the agreement with non-renormalization theorems.

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@article{arxiv.0806.4370,
  title  = {Superstring measure and non-renormalization of the three-point amplitude},
  author = {Marco Matone and Roberto Volpato},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.4370},
  year   = {2008}
}

Comments

14 pages; minor corrections, some comments added. Accepted for publication in Nucl.Phys.B

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