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In this final part of a series of three papers, we will assemble supersymmetric expressions for one-loop correlators in pure-spinor superspace that are BRST invariant, local, and single valued. A key driving force in this construction is the generalization of a so far unnoticed property at tree-level; the correlators have the symmetry structure akin to Lie polynomials. One-loop correlators up to seven points are presented in a variety of representations manifesting different subsets of their defining properties. These expressions are related via identities obeyed by the kinematic superfields and worldsheet functions spelled out in the first two parts of this series and reflecting a duality between the two kinds of ingredients. Interestingly, the expression for the eight-point correlator following from our method seems to capture correctly all the dependence on the worldsheet punctures but leaves undetermined the coefficient of the holomorphic Eisenstein series G4. By virtue of chiral splitting, closed-string correlators follow from the double copy of the open-string results.
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Mafra, C.R., Schlotterer, O. Towards the n-point one-loop superstring amplitude. Part III. One-loop correlators and their double-copy structure. J. High Energ. Phys. 2019, 92 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2019)092
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