An Alternative Perspective on Ambitwistor String Theory
N. Carabine, R. A. Reid-Edwards
TL;DR
This paper offers a new perspective on ambitwistor string theories by exploring the relationship between massless superparticles and division algebras, highlighting the on-shell closure of the algebra and employing the BV procedure.
Contribution
It introduces a novel approach to ambitwistor string theories using division algebras and analyzes the on-shell closure of the soft algebra with the BV formalism.
Findings
The critical theory has a reducible soft algebra, not a Lie algebra.
The algebra closes only on-shell.
The BV procedure successfully handles the on-shell algebra closure.
Abstract
We review some ideas on the relationship between massless superparticles and the division algebras to provide a new perspective on ambitwsitor string theories. The key concern is the critical theory. We show that this theory has a reducible soft algebra, rather than a conventional Lie algebra. This algebra only closes on-shell. The BV procedure is employed to deal with the on-shell closure of the algebra and the classical Master Action is presented.
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Taxonomy
TopicsBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics · Nonlinear Waves and Solitons · Algebraic structures and combinatorial models