Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2005-10-04
JHEP0601:093,2006
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
harvmac. 41 pages. 3 figures. v2 typos corrected and reference list updated. v3. Significant new subsection deriving the non-z
Scientific paper
10.1088/1126-6708/2006/01/093
Dualities of M-theory are used to determine the exact dependence on the coupling constant of the D^6R^4 interaction of the IIA and IIB superstring effective action. Upon lifting to eleven dimensions this determines the coefficient of the D^6R^4 interaction in eleven-dimensional M-theory. These results are obtained by considering the four-graviton two-loop scattering amplitude in eleven-dimensional supergravity compactified on a circle and on a two-torus -- extending earlier results concerning lower-derivative interactions. The torus compactification leads to an interesting SL(2,Z)-invariant function of the complex structure of the torus (the IIB string coupling) that satisfies a Laplace equation with a source term on the fundamental domain of moduli space. The structure of this equation is in accord with general supersymmetry considerations and immediately determines tree-level and one-loop contributions to D^6R^4 in perturbative IIB string theory that agree with explicit string calculations, and two-loop and three-loop contributions that have yet to be obtained in string theory. The complete solution of the Laplace equation contains infinite series' of single D-instanton and double D-instanton contributions, in addition to the perturbative terms. General considerations of the higher loop diagrams of eleven-dimensional supergravity suggest extensions of these results to interactions of higher order in the low energy expansion.
Green Michael B.
Vanhove Pierre
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