Non-analytic terms of string amplitudes from partial waves

Autor: Yu-tin Huang, Hynek Paul, Michele Santagata
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Journal of High Energy Physics, Vol 2024, Iss 11, Pp 1-36 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1029-8479
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP11(2024)117
Popis: Abstract We describe a general formalism based on the partial-wave decomposition to compute the iterative s-channel discontinuity of four-point amplitudes at any loop order. As an application, we focus on the low-energy expansions of type I and II superstring amplitudes. Besides providing new results for their leading and sub-leading logarithmic contributions beyond genus one, our approach elucidates the general structure of non-analytic threshold terms. In the case of open strings, the use of orthogonal colour projectors allows us to efficiently compute all contributions from different worldsheet topologies at a given loop order.
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