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A Cluster Bootstrap for Two-Loop MHV Amplitudes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-23 v2

Abstract

We apply a bootstrap procedure to two-loop MHV amplitudes in planar N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory. We argue that the mathematically most complicated part (the Λ2B2\Lambda^2 B_2 coproduct component) of the n-particle amplitude is uniquely determined by a simple cluster algebra property together with a few physical constraints (dihedral symmetry, analytic structure, supersymmetry, and well-defined collinear limits). We present a concise, closed-form expression which manifests these properties for all n.

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@article{arxiv.1411.3289,
  title  = {A Cluster Bootstrap for Two-Loop MHV Amplitudes},
  author = {John Golden and Marcus Spradlin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1411.3289},
  year   = {2015}
}

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v2: a few comments added

R2 v1 2026-06-22T06:56:38.359Z