Published December 2002 | Version v1
Journal article

On gravitational couplings in D-brane action

  • 1. Theoretical Physics Group, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London (United Kingdom) and Centre de Physique Theorique, Ecole Polytechnique, Palaiseau (France)
  • 2. Smith Laboratory, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (US)
  • 3. Theoretical Physics Group, Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, London (GB)

Description

We compute the two closed string graviton - two open string scalar superstring scattering amplitude on the disc to show that there is no second-derivative curvature-scalar coupling term RX2 in the low-energy effective action of a D-brane in curved space. (author)

Availability note (English)

Available online at the Web site for the Journal of High Energy Physics (ISSN 1029-8479) http://www.iop.org/

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics
Journal Volume
12
Journal Issue
2002
Journal Page Range
p. vp
ISSN
1126-6708