Published October 2018 | Version v1
Journal article

Strings on celestial sphere

  • 1. Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 (United States)
  • 2. Max–Planck–Institut für Physik, Werner–Heisenberg–Institut, 80805 München (Germany)
  • 3. Department of Physics, Northeastern University, Boston, MA 02115 (United States)
  • 4. Institute of Theoretical Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw (Poland)

Description

We transform superstring scattering amplitudes into the correlation functions of primary conformal fields on two-dimensional celestial sphere. The points on celestial sphere are associated to the asymptotic directions of (light-like) momenta of external particles, with the Lorentz group realized as the SL(2,C) conformal symmetry of the sphere. The energies are dualized through Mellin transforms into the parameters that determine dimensions of the primaries. We focus on four-point amplitudes involving gauge bosons and gravitons in type I open superstring theory and in closed heterotic superstring theory at the tree-level.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2018.08.019

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2018.08.019;
arXiv
arXiv:1806.05688v2;
PII
S0550321318302463;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B
Journal Volume
935
Journal Page Range
p. 388-411
ISSN
0550-3213
CODEN
NUPBBO

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Notes
© 2018 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V.