Perturbative expansion of N<8 Supergravity

TL;DR

This paper characterizes one-loop amplitudes in N=6 and N=4 supergravity, revealing simplified structures and specific rational terms, advancing understanding of supergravity quantum corrections.

Contribution

It provides a detailed analysis of one-loop amplitudes in N=6 and N=4 supergravity, highlighting their scalar function expansions and rational term structures.

Findings

N=6 supergravity amplitudes expand in scalar boxes and triangles only

N=4 supergravity amplitudes include non-cut-constructible rational terms

Loop momentum power counts differ between N=6 and N=4 supergravity

Abstract

We characterise the one-loop amplitudes for N=6 and N=4 supergravity in four dimensions. For N=6 we find that the one-loop n-point amplitudes can be expanded in terms of scalar box and triangle functions only. This simplification is consistent with a loop momentum power count of n-3, which we would interpret as being n+4 for gravity with a further -7 from the N=6 superalgebra. For N=4 we find that the amplitude is consistent with a loop momentum power count of n, which we would interpret as being n+4 for gravity with a further -4 from the N=4 superalgebra. Specifically the N=4 amplitudes contain non-cut-constructible rational terms.