{ "id": "hep-th/9709116", "version": "v2", "published": "1997-09-16T16:29:31.000Z", "updated": "1997-09-18T22:06:29.000Z", "title": "Construction of $R^4$ Terms in N=2 D=8 Superspace", "authors": [ "Nathan Berkovits" ], "comment": "15 pages harvmac tex (reference 2 is corrected and some details are added to the conclusion)", "journal": "Nucl.Phys. B514 (1998) 191-203", "doi": "10.1016/S0550-3213(97)00817-1", "categories": [ "hep-th" ], "abstract": "Using linearized superfields, $R^4$ terms in the Type II superstring effective action compactified on $T^2$ are constructed as integrals in N=2 D=8 superspace. The structure of these superspace integrals allows a simple proof of the $R^4$ non-renormalization theorems which were first conjectured by Green and Gutperle.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v2", "updated": "1997-09-18T22:06:29.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "construction", "superspace integrals", "simple proof", "non-renormalization theorems", "linearized superfields" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "publication": { "publisher": "Elsevier", "journal": "Nucl. Phys. B" }, "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 15, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable", "inspire": 448479 } } }