Published November 16, 2015
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Journal article
Gravity with a cosmological constant from rational curves
Creators
- 1. Department of Applied Mathematics & Theoretical Physics,University of Cambridge, Wilberforce Road, Cambridge CB3 0WA (United Kingdom)
Description
We give a new formula for all tree-level correlators of boundary field insertions in gauged N=8 supergravity in AdS4; this is an analogue of the tree-level S-matrix in anti-de Sitter space. The formula is written in terms of rational maps from the Riemann sphere to twistor space, with no reference to bulk perturbation theory. It is polynomial in the cosmological constant, and equal to the classical scattering amplitudes of supergravity in the flat space limit. The formula is manifestly supersymmetric, independent of gauge choices on twistor space, and equivalent to expressions computed via perturbation theory at 3-point (MHV)-bar and n-point MHV. We also show that the formula factorizes and obeys BCFW recursion in twistor space.
Availability note (English)
Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2015)098; Available from http://repo.scoap3.org/record/12691Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
- Journal Volume
- 2015
- Journal Issue
- 11
- Journal Page Range
- p. 98
- ISSN
- 1029-8479
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Germany
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 48029603
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANTI DE SITTER GROUP; ANTI DE SITTER SPACE; COSMOLOGICAL CONSTANT; GRAVITATION; PERTURBATION THEORY; POLYNOMIALS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; RIEMANN SPACE; S MATRIX; SCATTERING AMPLITUDES; SUPERGRAVITY; SUPERSYMMETRY; TWISTOR THEORY
- Descriptors DEC
- AMPLITUDES; FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; MATRICES; SPACE; SYMMETRY; SYMMETRY GROUPS; UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES
Optional Information
- Copyright
- Copyright (c) OPEN ACCESS, © The Authors
- Notes
- PUBLISHER-ID: JHEP11(2015)098; ARXIV:1508.02554; OAI: oai:repo.scoap3.org:12691
- Funding organization
- SCOAP3, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)