Is N=8 supergravity ultraviolet finite?
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Publication:712933
DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2006.11.030zbMATH Open1248.83136arXivhep-th/0611086OpenAlexW1993864769WikidataQ56564445 ScholiaQ56564445MaRDI QIDQ712933FDOQ712933
Authors: Zvi Bern, Lance J. Dixon, Radu Roiban 
Publication date: 18 October 2012
Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: Conventional wisdom holds that no four-dimensional gravity field theory can be ultraviolet finite. This understanding is based mainly on power counting. Recent studies confirm that one-loop N = 8 supergravity amplitudes satisfy the so-called `no-triangle hypothesis', which states that triangle and bubble integrals cancel from these amplitudes. A consequence of this hypothesis is that for any number of external legs, at one loop N = 8 supergravity and N = 4 super-Yang-Mills have identical superficial degrees of ultraviolet behavior in D dimensions. We describe how the unitarity method allows us to promote these one-loop cancellations to higher loops, suggesting that previous power counts were too conservative. We discuss higher-loop evidence suggesting that N = 8 supergravity has the same degree of divergence as N = 4 super-Yang-Mills theory and is ultraviolet finite in four dimensions. We comment on calculations needed to reinforce this proposal, which are feasible using the unitarity method.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0611086
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