One loop superstring effective actions and N=8 supergravity

Journal Article · Sun Jun 15 04:00:00 EDT 2008 · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.77.125011· OSTI ID:21214880

Moura, Filipe ^[1]

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1. Security and Quantum Information Group - Instituto de Telecomunicacoes, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Departamento de Matematica, Av. Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisboa (Portugal)

In a previous article we have shown the existence of a new independent R{sup 4} term, at one loop, in the type IIA and heterotic effective actions, after reduction to four dimensions, besides the usual square of the Bel-Robinson tensor. It had been shown that such a term could not be directly supersymmetrized, but we showed that was possible after coupling to a scalar chiral multiplet. In this article, we study the extended (N=8) supersymmetrization of this term, where no other coupling can be taken. We show that such supersymmetrization cannot be achieved at the linearized level. This is in conflict with the theory one gets after toroidal compactification of type II superstrings being N=8 supersymmetric. We interpret this result in the face of the recent claim that perturbative supergravity cannot be decoupled from string theory in d{>=}4, and N=8, d=4 supergravity is in the swampland.

• OSTI ID: 21214880
• Journal Information: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Journal Name: Physical Review. D, Particles Fields Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 77; ISSN PRVDAQ; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
CHIRALITY
COMPACTIFICATION
SUPERGRAVITY
SUPERSTRING MODELS
SUPERSYMMETRY