Published August 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

One-loop N = 8 supergravity coefficients from N = 4 super Yang-Mills

  • 1. Centre for Research in String Theory, Department of Physics, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS (United Kingdom)

Description

We use supersymmetric generalised unitarity to calculate supercoefficients of box functions in the expansion of scattering amplitudes in N = 8 supergravity at one loop. Recent advances have presented tree-level amplitudes in N = 8 supergravity in terms of sums of terms containing squares of colour-ordered Yang-Mills superamplitudes. We develop the consequences of these results for the structure of one-loop supercoefficients, recasting them as sums of squares of N = 4 Yang-Mills expressions with certain coefficients inherited from the tree-level superamplitudes. This provides new expressions for all one-loop box coefficients in N = 8 supergravity, which we check against known results in a number of cases.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2009/08/096

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics
Journal Volume
8
Journal Issue
2009
Journal Page Range
p. 096
ISSN
1126-6708

INIS

Country of Publication
Italy
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41112479
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
COLOR MODEL; FUNCTIONS; SCATTERING AMPLITUDES; SUPERGRAVITY; SUPERSYMMETRY; UNITARITY; YANG-MILLS THEORY
Descriptors DEC
AMPLITUDES; COMPOSITE MODELS; FIELD THEORIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUARK MODEL; SYMMETRY; UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES