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Ultraviolet Behavior of N = 8 supergravity

Conference ·
OSTI ID:981695
In these lectures the author describes the remarkable ultraviolet behavior of N = 8 supergravity, which through four loops is no worse than that of N = 4 super-Yang-Mills theory (a finite theory). I also explain the computational tools that allow multi-loop amplitudes to be evaluated in this theory - the KLT relations and the unitarity method - and sketch how ultraviolet divergences are extracted from the amplitudes.
Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515;
OSTI ID:
981695
Report Number(s):
SLAC-PUB-14091; arXiv:1005.2703
Conference Information:
Invited talk at International School of Subnuclear Physics (ISSP 2009): 47th Course: THE MOST UNEXPECTED AT LHC AND THE STATUS OF HIGH ENERGY FRONTIER, Erice, Sicily, Italy, 29 Aug - 7 Sep 2009
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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