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All-loop group-theory constraints for color-ordered SU(N) gauge-theory amplitudes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-05-30 v3 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We derive constraints on the color-ordered amplitudes of the L-loop four-point function in SU(N) gauge theories that arise solely from the structure of the gauge group. These constraints generalize well-known group theory relations, such as U(1) decoupling identities, to all loop orders.

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@article{arxiv.1110.1859,
  title  = {All-loop group-theory constraints for color-ordered SU(N) gauge-theory amplitudes},
  author = {Stephen G. Naculich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.1859},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

12 pages, no figures; v2: added references, minor corrections; v3: minor clarifications, published version