String Theory seminar - Carlos Mafra Seminar
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- Time:
- 13:00 - 14:00
- Date:
- 5 October 2016
- Venue:
- 54/10037(10B)
For more information regarding this seminar, please email Francesco Aprile, Gavin Hartnett at [email protected], [email protected] .
Event details
Computing iterated integrals using recursive field-theory methods
I will begin by reviewing the computation of the superstring n-point disk integrand using the pure spinor formalism. Then I will show how the solution to the integrand contains a hidden key to unlock the computation of the alpha'-expansion of its associated iterated integrals using Berends-Giele recursion, a technique used to calculate scattering amplitudes in field theory. This indicates that there is a field theory governing the alpha'-expansion of these integrals, recently dubbed Z-theory.
Speaker information
Carlos Mafra , Southampton.