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Codimension zero superembeddings
Superembeddings which have bosonic codimension zero are studied in three, four and six dimensions. The worldvolume multiplets of these branes are off-shell vector multiplets in these dimensions, and their self-interactions include a Born-Infeld term. It is shown how they can be written in terms of standard vector multiplets in flat superspace by working in the static gauge. The action formula is used to determine both Green-Schwarz-type actions and superfield actions.
9351073
Superconformal invariants or how to relate four-point AdS amplitudes
Abstract Using the form of N = 2 superconformal invariants we derive the explicit relation between the bottom and top components of the correlator of four stress-tensor multiplets in N = 4 super-Yang–Mills. The result is given in terms of an eighth order differential operator acting on the function of two variables which characterises these correlators. It allows us to show a non-trivial consistency relation between the known results for the corresponding supergravity amplitudes on AdS 5 .
118360918
A note on N=8 counterterms
The most difficult counterterms to construct in any supersymmetric theory are those that cannot be written as full superspace integrals of gauge-invariant integrands. In $D=4$ maximal supergravity it has been known for some time that there are just three of these at the linearised level. In this article we discuss these counterterms again from the point of view of representations of the superconformal group. In particular, we show that the only independent invariants constructed from shortened superconformal multiplets in $D=4$ are BPS.
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Universal Subleading Spectrum of Effective String Theory
We analyse the spectrum of the D-dimensional Poincare invariant effective string model of Polchinski and Strominger. It is shown that the leading terms beyond the Casimir term in the long distance expansion of the spectrum have a universal character which follows from the constraint of Poincare invariance.
119108460
Simple loop integrals and amplitudes in N=4 SYM
We use momentum twistors to evaluate planar loop integrals. Infrared divergences are regulated by the recently proposed AdS-inspired mass regulator. We show that two-loop amplitudes in N = 4 super Yang-Mills can be expanded in terms of basis integrals having twistor numerators. We argue that these integrals are considerably simpler compared to the ones conventionally used. Our case in point is the two-loop six-point MHV amplitude. We present analytical results for the remainder function in a kinematical limit, and find agreement with a recent Wilson loop computation. We also provide two-loop evidence that the logarithm of MHV amplitudes can be written in terms of simple twistor space integrals.
14903447
All tree-level amplitudes in = 4 SYM
We give an explicit formula for all tree amplitudes in = 4 SYM, derived by solving the recently presented supersymmetric tree-level recursion relations. The result is given in a compact, manifestly supersymmetric form and we show how to extract from it all possible component amplitudes for an arbitrary number of external particles and any arrangement of external particles and helicities. We focus particularly on extracting gluon amplitudes which are valid for any gauge theory. The formula for all tree-level amplitudes is given in terms of nested sums of dual superconformal invariants and it therefore manifestly respects both conventional and dual superconformal symmetry.
18119323
Generalised integrable Hubbard models
We construct the XX and Hubbard-like models based on unitary superalgebras gl(N |M) generalizing Shastry's and Maassarani's approach. We introduce the R-matrix of the gl(N |M) XX-type model; the one of the Hubbard-like model is defined by "coupling" two independent XX models. In both cases, we show that the R-matrices satisfy the Yang-Baxter equation. We derive the corresponding local Hamiltonian in the transfer matrix formalism and we determine its symmetries. A perturbative calculation "`a la Klein and Seitz" is performed. Some explicit examples are worked out. We give a description of the two-particle scattering.