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arxiv: hep-th/0609012 · v2 · submitted 2006-09-01 · ✦ hep-th

Multiloop Superstring Amplitudes from Non-Minimal Pure Spinor Formalism

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keywords amplitudespurespinorformalismfunctionalintegralmultiloopnon-minimal
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Using the non-minimal version of the pure spinor formalism, manifestly super-Poincare covariant superstring scattering amplitudes can be computed as in topological string theory without the need of picture-changing operators. The only subtlety comes from regularizing the functional integral over the pure spinor ghosts. In this paper, it is shown how to regularize this functional integral in a BRST-invariant manner, allowing the computation of arbitrary multiloop amplitudes. The regularization method simplifies for scattering amplitudes which contribute to ten-dimensional F-terms, i.e. terms in the ten-dimensional superspace action which do not involve integration over the maximum number of $\theta$'s.

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