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Infrared finite observables in N = 8 supergravity

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Using the algorithm of constructing the IR finite observables discussed in detail in our earlier papers, we study the construction of such observables in N = 8 supergravity in the first nontrivial order of perturbation theory. In general, contrary to the amplitudes defined in the presence of some IR regulator, such observables do not reveal any “simple” structure.

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  1. Institute for Theoretical and Experimental Physics, B. Cheremushkinskaya ul. 25, Moscow, 117218, Russia

    L. V. Bork & D. I. Kazakov

  2. Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Moscow region, 141980, Russia

    D. I. Kazakov

  3. Max-Planck-Institut für Gravitationsphysik, Albert-Einstein-Institut, 14476, Golm, Germany

    G. S. Vartanov

  4. Faculty of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    A. V. Zhiboedov

  5. Department of Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 08544, USA

    A. V. Zhiboedov

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Published in Russian in Trudy Matematicheskogo Instituta imeni V.A. Steklova, 2011, Vol. 272, pp. 46–53.

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Bork, L.V., Kazakov, D.I., Vartanov, G.S. et al. Infrared finite observables in N = 8 supergravity. Proc. Steklov Inst. Math. 272, 39–46 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0081543811010056

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