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String theory integrands and supergravity divergences

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At low energies, interactions of massless particles in type II strings compactified on a torus $T^d$ are described by an effective Wilsonian action $\mathcal{S}(\Lambda)$, consisting of the usual supergravity Lagrangian supplemented by an infinite series of higher-derivative vertices, including the much studied $\nabla^{4p+6q} \mathcal{R}^4$ gravitational interactions. Using recent results on the asymptotics of the integrands governing four-graviton scattering at genus one and two, I determine the $\Lambda$-dependence of the coefficient of the above interaction, and show that the logarithmic terms appearing in the limit $\Lambda\to 0$ are related to UV divergences in supergravity amplitudes, augmented by stringy interactions. This provides a strong consistency check on the expansion of the integrand near the boundaries of moduli space, in particular it elucidates the appearance of odd zeta values in these expansions. I briefly discuss how these logarithms are reflected in non-analytic terms in the low energy expansion of the string scattering amplitude.

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Extended Supergravity Needs String Scale Cut-off

hep-th · 2026-06-15 · conditional · novelty 5.0

String-scale UV cut-off in the gravitational path integral removes string-coupling dependence from the BPS black hole index in extended supergravity, matching supersymmetry expectations for zero-Euler-number cases.

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  • Extended Supergravity Needs String Scale Cut-off hep-th · 2026-06-15 · conditional · none · ref 22 · internal anchor

    String-scale UV cut-off in the gravitational path integral removes string-coupling dependence from the BPS black hole index in extended supergravity, matching supersymmetry expectations for zero-Euler-number cases.