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Topological M Theory from Pure Spinor Formalism

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

We construct multiloop superparticle amplitudes in 11d using the pure spinor formalism. We explain how this construction reduces to the superparticle limit of the multiloop pure spinor superstring amplitudes prescription. We then argue that this construction points to some evidence for the existence of a topological M theory based on a relation between the ghost number of the full-fledged supersymmetric critical models and the dimension of the spacetime for topological models. In particular, we show that the extensions at higher orders of the previous results for the tree and one-loop level expansion for the superparticle in 11 dimensions is related to a topological model in 7 dimensions.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0411167,
  title  = {Topological M Theory from Pure Spinor Formalism},
  author = {Pietro Antonio Grassi and Pierre Vanhove},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0411167},
  year   = {2007}
}

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harvmac, 28pp. v2: Assorted english corrections