The one-loop open superstring massless five-point amplitude with the non-minimal pure spinor formalism

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Mafra, Carlos R ^a   Stahn, Christian ^b  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Superspaces; Superstrings and heterotic strings

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650240363     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2009/03/126     Document Type: Article

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