A worldsheet theory for supergravity

Timothy Adamo; Eduardo Casali; David Skinner

doi:10.1007/JHEP02(2015)116

A worldsheet theory for supergravity

Timothy Adamo, Eduardo Casali, David Skinner

School of Mathematics

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We present a worldsheet theory that describes maps into a curved target space equipped with a B-field and dilaton. The conditions for the theory to be consistent at the quantum level can be computed exactly, and are that the target space fields obey the nonlinear d = 10 supergravity equations of motion, with no higher curvature terms. The path integral is constrained to obey a generalization of the scattering equations to curved space. Remarkably, the supergravity field equations emerge as quantum corrections to these curved space scattering equations.

Original language	English
Article number	116
Number of pages	17
Journal	Journal of High Energy Physics
Volume	2015
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2015)116
Publication status	Published - 18 Feb 2015

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