CALCULATION OF GRAVITON SCATTERING-AMPLITUDES USING STRING-BASED METHODS

被引:140
作者
DUNBAR, DC [1 ]
NORRIDGE, PS [1 ]
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[1] UNIV CALIF LOS ANGELES, DEPT PHYS, LOS ANGELES, CA 90024 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
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10.1016/0550-3213(94)00385-R
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O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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Techniques based upon the string organisation of amplitudes may be used to simplify field theory calculations. We apply these techniques to perturbative gravity and calculate all one-loop amplitudes for four-graviton scattering with arbitrary internal particle content. Decomposing the amplitudes into contributions arising from supersymmetric multiplets greatly simplifies these calculations. We also discuss how unitarity may be used to constrain the amplitudes.
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页码:181 / 206
页数:26
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