Finite Superstrings

by John G. Taylor, A. Restuccia

This is the first complete account of the construction and finiteness analysis of multi-loop scattering amplitudes for superstrings, and of the guarantee that for certain superstrings (in particular the heterotic one), the symmetries of the theory in the embedding space-time are those of the super-poincare group SP10 and that the multi-loop amplitudes are each finite. The book attempts to be self-contained in its analysis, although it draws on the works of many researchers. It also presents the first complete field theory for such superstrings. As such it demonstrates that gravity can be quantized satisfactorily by superstrings.
Contents: IntroductionFree Superstrings in the Light ConeField Theory for SuperstringsStrings on ToriConstructing Multi-loop AmplitudesDivergence AnalysisClosure of AlgebraFuture DirectionsAppendices: Introduction to Riemann Surfaces, Light Cone Functional Details
Readership: Theoretical physicists and mathematicians.

391 pages, ebook

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

John Gerald Taylor was a British physicist and author.