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More on closed string induced higher derivative interactions on D-branes

In our continued efforts of matching full string computations with the corresponding effective field theory computations, we evaluate string theory correlators in closed forms. In particular, we consider a correlator between three SYM vertex operators and one Ramond-Ramond $C$-field vertex operator: $<V_{C}V_ϕ V_AV_A>$. We show that the infinite number of massless poles of this amplitude can be reproduced by the Born-Infeld action, the Wess-Zumino terms, and their higher derivative corrections. More specifically we find, up to an on-shell ambiguity, two scalar field and two gauge field couplings to all orders in $α'$ such that the infinite number of massless poles of the field theory amplitude exactly match the infinite number of massless poles of S-matrix elements of $<V_{C}V_ϕ V_AV_A>$. We comment on close intertwinedness of an open string and a closed string that must be behind the matching.