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arxiv: 1409.5656 · v2 · pith:E2E73BPInew · submitted 2014-09-19 · ✦ hep-th · gr-qc

A Worldsheet Theory for Supergravity

classification ✦ hep-th gr-qc
keywords equationsspacecurvedsupergravitytheoryobeyquantumscattering
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We present a worldsheet theory that describes maps into a curved target space equipped with a B-field and dilaton. The conditions for the theory to be consistent at the quantum level can be computed exactly, and are that the target space fields obey the nonlinear d=10 supergravity equations of motion, with no higher curvature terms. The path integral is constrained to obey a generalization of the scattering equations to curved space. Remarkably, the supergravity field equations emerge as quantum corrections to these curved space scattering equations.

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