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Vanishing Theorems for the Self-Dual N=2 String

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-28 v1

Abstract

It is proven that up to possible surface terms, the only non-vanishing momentum-dependent amplitudes for the self-dual N=2 string in R2,2R^{2,2} are the tree-level two and three-point functions, and the only non-vanishing momentum-independent amplitudes are the one-loop partition function and the tree-level two and four-point functions. The calculations are performed using the topological prescription developed in an earlier paper with Vafa. As in supersymmetric non-renormalization theorems, the vanishing proof is based on a relationship between the zero-momentum dilaton and axion.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9412179,
  title  = {Vanishing Theorems for the Self-Dual N=2 String},
  author = {Nathan Berkovits},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9412179},
  year   = {2009}
}

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