Anomaly Cancellations and String Symmetries in the Effective Field Theory

TL;DR

This paper discusses how string symmetries and anomaly cancellation mechanisms are used to incorporate string loop corrections into the low-energy effective supergravity theories derived from superstrings.

Contribution

It introduces methods for including string loop corrections using symmetry and anomaly cancellation in effective supergravity models.

Findings

String symmetries help control loop corrections.

Anomaly cancellation mechanisms ensure consistency of the theory.

Application to low-energy supergravity models.

Abstract

This contribution briefly describes some developments of the use of string symmetries and anomaly cancellation mechanisms to include string loop corrections in the construction of the low-energy effective supergravity of superstrings. (Presented at the 27th International Conference on High Energy Physics, Glasgow, July 1994)