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Non-renormalisation conditions in type II string theory and maximal supergravity
This paper considers general features of the derivative expansion of Feynman diagram contributions to the four-graviton scattering amplitude in eleven-dimensional supergravity compactified on a two-torus. These are translated into statements about interactions of the form D2kR4 in type II superstring theories, assuming the standard M-theory/string theory duality relationships, which provide powerful constraints on the effective interactions. In the ten-dimensional IIA limit we find that there can be no perturbative contributions beyond k string loops (for k>0). Furthermore, the genus h = k contributions are determined exactly by the one-loop eleven-dimensional supergravity amplitude for all values of k. A plausible interpretation of these observations is that the sum of h-loop Feynman diagrams of maximally extended supergravity is less divergent than might be expected and could be ultraviolet finite in dimensions d<4+6/h – the same bound as for N = 4 Yang-Mills.
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Anomaly cancellations in supersymmetric D = 10 gauge theory and superstring theory☆
Abstract Supersymmetric ten-dimensional Yang-Mills theory coupled to N = 1, D = 10 supergravity has gauge and gravitational anomalies that can be partially cancelled by the addition of suitable local interactions. The remaining pieces of all the anomalies cancel if the gauge group is SO(32) or E 8 × E 8 . These cancellations are automatically incorporated in the type I superstring theory based on SO(32). A superstring theory for E 8 × E 8 has not yet been constructed.
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N=4 Yang-Mills and N=8 Supergravity as Limits of String Theories
The formulation of supersymmetric string theories in ten dimensions is generalized to incorporate compactified dimensions. Expressions for the one-loop four-particle S -matrix elements of N = 4 Yang-Mills and N = 8 supergravity in four dimensions are obtained by studying the string-theory loop amplitudes in the limit that the radii of the compactified dimensions and the Regge slope parameter simultaneously approach zero. If certain patterns that emerge should persist in the higher orders of perturbation theory, then N = 4 Yang-Mills in four dimensions would be ultraviolet finite to all orders, whereas N = 8 supergravity in four dimensions would have ultraviolet divergences starting at three loops.
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PHASE CONTOURS AND BOOTSTRAPS. I.
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Off-shell states in the dual model
Abstract We present a class of Lorentz invariant, gauge invariant off-shell amplitudes for the ordinary Veneziano and Ramond-Neveu-Schwarz dual models. They correspond to interactions with the string which are local in space-time.
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Anomalous creation of branes
In certain circumstances when two branes pass through each other a third brane is produced stretching between them. We explain this phenomenon by the use of chains of dualities and the inflow of charge that is required for the absence of chiral gauge anomalies when pairs of D-branes intersect.
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SCMAG series of programs for calculating superconducting dipole and quadrupole magnets
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THE ROLE OF QUENCH BACK IN QUENCH PROTECTION OF A SUPERCONDUCTING SOLENOID
Abstract This report demonstrates the role of quench back in the quench protection of high current density superconducting solenoid magnets with well-coupled shorted secondary circuits. The phenomenon of ‘quench back’ can be used to greatly reduce the size of an external quench protection resistor or even to eliminate the need for an external quench protection system altogether. A comparison is made with conventional magnet quench protection systems with and without a closely coupled secondary circuit.
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ACTIVE CENTER TAP QUENCH PROTECTION
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A burnout safety condition for superconducting magnets and some of its applications
From the time evolution of the current in a superconducting coil during a quench, an upper limit can be computed for the temperature reached anywhere in the coil. A condition under which the danger of burnout is eliminated is derived here. It is used to show how the tests of superconducting magnets can be made safe against burnout and it provides constraints for the design of some type of magnets.
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MODELING OF PROXIMITY COUPLING BETWEEN SUPERCONDUCTING FILAMENTS IN SUPERCONDUCTING DIPOLE MAGNETS
There is strong experimental evidence for superconducting current coupling between filaments in fine filament multifilamentary Nb-Ti which has been proposed for the SSC. The coupling between the fine filaments appears to be a Type II superconducting coupling. As a result, a.c. loss and magnetization can increase as one reduces the filament size in a fine filamentary conductor. This paper presents a computer model which fits experimental data for proximity superconducting coupling between filaments in a superconductor matrix. Using this model, one can predict the effect of proximity coupling on the field uniformity of a dipole magnet for the SSC.