Double-Copy Structure of One-Loop Open-String Amplitudes

Nov 24, 2017
6 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 121 (2018) 1, 011601
  • Published: Jul 6, 2018
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Abstract: (APS)
In this Letter, we provide evidence for a new double-copy structure in one-loop amplitudes of the open superstring. Their integrands with respect to the moduli space of genus-one surfaces are cast into a form where gauge-invariant kinematic factors and certain functions of the punctures—so-called generalized elliptic integrands—enter on completely symmetric footing. In particular, replacing the generalized elliptic integrands by a second copy of kinematic factors maps one-loop open-string correlators to gravitational matrix elements of the higher-curvature operator R4.
Note:
  • 5 pages, v2: modifications in the structure to match published version
  • invariance: gauge
  • superstring: open
  • kinematics
  • correlation function
  • moduli space
  • gravitation
  • surface