Multigluon scattering in open superstring theory
- Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics, Department fuer Physik, Ludwig Maximilians Universitaet Muenchen, Theresienstrasse 37, 80333 Muenchen (Germany)
We discuss the amplitudes describing N-gluon scattering in type I superstring theory, on a disk world sheet. After reviewing the general structure of amplitudes and the complications created by the presence of a large number of vertices at the boundary, we focus on the most promising case of maximally helicity violating (MHV) configurations because in this case, the zero Regge slope limit ({alpha}{sup '}{yields}0) is particularly simple. We obtain the full-fledged MHV disk amplitudes for N=4, 5, and N=6 gluons, expressed in terms of one, two and six functions of kinematic invariants, respectively. These functions represent certain boundary integrals--generalized Euler integrals--which for N{>=}6 correspond to multiple hypergeometric series (generalized Kampe de Feriet functions). Their {alpha}{sup '} expansions lead to Euler-Zagier sums. For arbitrary N, we show that the leading string corrections to the Yang-Mills amplitude, of order O({alpha}{sup '2}), originate from the well-known {alpha}{sup '2} TrF{sup 4} effective interactions of four gauge field strength tensors. By using iteration based on the soft gluon limit, we derive a simple formula valid to that order for arbitrary N. We argue that such a procedure can be extended to all orders in {alpha}{sup '}. If nature gracefully picked a sufficiently low string mass scale, our results would be important for studying string effects in multijet production at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC)
- OSTI ID:
- 20871528
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 74, Issue 12; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.74.126007; (c) 2006 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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