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Supervertices and Non-renormalization Conditions in Maximal Supergravity Theories

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-01 v2

Abstract

We construct higher derivative supervertices in an effective theory of maximal supergravity in various dimensions, in the super spinor helicity formalism, and derive non-renormalization conditions on up to 14-derivative order couplings from supersymmetry. These non-renormalization conditions include Laplace type equations on the coefficients of R4R^4, D4R4D^4R^4, and D6R4D^6R^4 couplings. We also find additional constraining equations, which are consistent with previously known results in the effective action of toroidally compactified type II string theory, and elucidate many features thereof.

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@article{arxiv.1505.05861,
  title  = {Supervertices and Non-renormalization Conditions in Maximal Supergravity Theories},
  author = {Yifan Wang and Xi Yin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1505.05861},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

52 pages, 6 figures, reference added, section 3 expanded and section 5 restructured