PIRSA:13070064

Twistor Strings for N=8 Supergravity

Skinner, D. (2013). Twistor Strings for N=8 Supergravity. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/13070064

Skinner, David. Twistor Strings for N=8 Supergravity. Perimeter Institute, Jul. 24, 2013, https://pirsa.org/13070064 

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            doi = {10.48660/13070064},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/13070064},
            author = {Skinner, David},
            keywords = {},
            language = {en},
            title = {Twistor Strings for N=8 Supergravity},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2013},
            month = {jul},
            note = {PIRSA:13070064 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

David Skinner University of Cambridge

Talk numberPIRSA:13070064
DOI10.48660/13070064
Collection
Talk Type Conference

Abstract

The perturbative S-matrix of General Relativity has a rich and fascinating geometric structure that is completely obscured by its traditional description in terms of Feynman diagrams. I'll explain a new way of looking at four dimensional supergravity: as a string theory in twistor space. All tree-level amplitudes in the theory can be described by algebraic curves in Penrose's nonlinear graviton