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Towards a Worldsheet Description of N=8 Supergravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-07-13 v1

Abstract

In this note we address the worldsheet description of 4-dimensional N=8 supergravity using ambitwistors. After gauging an appropriate current algebra, we argue that the only physical vertex operators correspond to the N=8 supermultiplet. It has previously been shown that worldsheet correlators give rise to supergravity tree level scattering amplitudes. We extend this work by proposing a definition for genus-one amplitudes that passes several consistency checks such as exhibiting modular invariance and reproducing the expected infrared behavior of 1-loop supergravity amplitudes.

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@article{arxiv.1507.02936,
  title  = {Towards a Worldsheet Description of N=8 Supergravity},
  author = {Arthur Lipstein and Volker Schomerus},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1507.02936},
  year   = {2015}
}

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6 pages

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