Published June 21, 2009 | Version v1
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A note on the quartic effective action of the type IIB superstring

Creators

  • 1. Laboratoire de Physique Theorique de l'Ecole Normale Superieure 24 rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris Cedex 05 (France)
  • 2. Arnold-Sommerfeld-Center for Theoretical Physics, Department fuer Physik, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen Teresienstrass e 37, 80333 Muenchen (Germany)

Description

We recast the result of our recent computation of the quartic action of ten-dimensional IIB supergravity in a manifestly SL(2, R)-covariant form. This affords us a critical assessment of an earlier conjecture in the literature.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0264-9381/26/12/125001

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/0264-9381/26/12/125001;
PII
S0264-9381(09)08658-4;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Classical and Quantum Gravity
Journal Volume
26
Journal Issue
12
Journal Page Range
[12 p.]
ISSN
0264-9381
CODEN
CQGRDG

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41105966
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
ACTION INTEGRAL; CALCULATION METHODS; SUPERGRAVITY; SUPERSTRING MODELS
Descriptors DEC
COMPOSITE MODELS; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; FIELD THEORIES; INTEGRALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUARK MODEL; STRING MODELS; UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES