This analysis uncovers the zeros of the tachyon and gluino amplitudes in string theory, indicating new insights into supersymmetry.
In this paper, we study the zeros of string theory utilizing its curve-integral representation. Firstly, we note that for bosonic strings the tachyon amplitude in curve-representation is identical to the kinematic shifted Trϕ³ amplitude. Scaffolding is then equivalent to taking the OPE limit of vertex operators on the string world-sheet, which yields amplitude of higher excitations. Using this picture, we derive that the n-point level-N scattering amplitude shares the same set of zeros as the n-point tachyon amplitude as well as those inherited from it's prescaffold image, i.e. (2N)n-point. Doing the same for the super-tachyon amplitude, exposes new zeros for the open super-string, which can be viewed as the avatar of supersymmetry. Finally we also consider the gluino amplitude at four and six-points, identifying its zero and recovering super-Yang-Mills via scaffolding. Finally we consider the field theory limit of colored fermion amplitudes from the curve-integral form.
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