Relations Between Closed String Amplitudes at Higher-order Tree Level and Open String Amplitudes

Abstract: KLT relations almost factorize closed string amplitudes on S2 by two open string tree amplitudes which correspond to the leftand the rightmoving sectors. In this paper, we investigate string amplitudes on D2 and RP2. We find that KLT factorization relations do not hold in these two cases. The relations between closed and open string amplitudes have new forms. On D2 and RP2, the leftand the rightmoving sectors are connected into a single sector. Then an amplitude with closed strings on D2 or RP2 can be given by one open string tree amplitude except for a phase factor. The relations depends on the topologies of the world-sheets. In the low energy limits of these two cases, the factorization relations for graviton amplitudes do not hold. The amplitudes for gravitons must be given by the new relations instead.