Spectrum of Massive and Massless Ambitwistor Strings

Abstract

Inspired by recent work arXiv:2301.11227 on massive ambitwistor strings this paper examines the spectrum of such models using oscillator expansions. The spectrum depends heavily on the constant related to the normal ordering of the zero mode operator ${L_0}$ of the Virasoro algebra. The supergravity model is investigated in more detail, and two anomaly-free variations are presented, both with a rich spectrum and with tree scattering amplitudes that include a kinematic Parke-Taylor factor for particles other than gravitons without a need for an external current algebra. The spectrum of some of the models can also be interpreted as containing three generations of the Pati-Salam model.