New approach to one-loop calculations in gauge theories.

Abstract

We propose using the technology of four-dimensional string theories to calculate amplitudes in gauge theories. Strings make such calculations much more efficient by summing a large number of Feynman diagrams all at once. We check the idea by constructing a string model reducing to a pure non-Abelian gauge theory in the infinite-tension limit and computing its \ensuremath{\beta} function with these techniques.