On-shell recursion in string theory

DOI10.1007/JHEP10(2010)034zbMATH Open1291.81297arXiv1002.5029MaRDI QIDQ2252007FDOQ2252007

Niels A. Obers, Rutger H. Boels, Daniele Marmiroli

Publication date: 15 July 2014

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We prove that all open string theory disc amplitudes in a flat background obey Britto-Cachazo-Feng-Witten (BCFW) on-shell recursion relations, up to a possible reality condition on a kinematic invariant. Arguments that the same holds for tree level closed string amplitudes are given as well. Non-adjacent BCFW-shifts are related to adjacent shifts through monodromy relations for which we provide a novel CFT based derivation. All possible recursion relations are related by old-fashioned string duality. The field theory limit of the analysis for amplitudes involving gluons is explicitly shown to be smooth for both the bosonic string as well as the superstring. In addition to a proof a less rigorous but more powerful argument based on the underlying CFT is presented which suggests that the technique may extend to a much more general setting in string theory. This is illustrated by a discussion of the open string in a constant B-field background and the closed string on the level of the sphere.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1002.5029

zbMATH Keywords

D-branessuperstrings and heterotic strings

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Structure of families (Picard-Lefschetz, monodromy, etc.) (14D05) String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) Strong interaction, including quantum chromodynamics (81V05)

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