Published February 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

N = 8 Supergravity 4-point amplitudes

  • 1. Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford CA 94305-4060 (United States)

Description

We present the explicit expressions in N = 8 supergravity for the bosonic 4-particle tree and 1-loop amplitudes including vectors and scalars. We also present the candidate 4-point UV divergences in a form of helicity amplitudes, corresponding to 3-loop manifestly N = 8 supersymmetric and Lorentz covariant counterterm. This may shed some light on the 3-loop finiteness of N = 8 SG and on a conjectured higher loop finiteness. We perform a supersymmetric deformation to complex momentum of the 4-point generating function including higher-loop counterterms and the 1-loop UV finite amplitudes. Using the explicit form of the scalar part of the 3-loop counterterm and of the 1-loop UV finite scalar 4-point amplitudes we find that they both have an unbroken E(7,7) symmetry. We derive from E(7,7) symmetry the low-energy theorem for the 1-loop n-point amplitudes.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2009/02/050

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics
Journal Volume
02
Journal Issue
2009
Journal Page Range
p. 050
ISSN
1126-6708

INIS

Country of Publication
Italy
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41062725
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
BOSONS; DIFFERENTIAL GEOMETRY; HELICITY; LOW-ENERGY THEOREM; SCALARS; SUPERGRAVITY; SUPERSYMMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VECTORS
Descriptors DEC
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FIELD THEORIES; GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; RADIATIONS; SYMMETRY; TENSORS; UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES