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An analytic result for the two-loop seven-point MHV amplitude in N=4 SYM

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-19 v3

Abstract

We describe a general algorithm which builds on several pieces of data available in the literature to construct explicit analytic formulas for two-loop MHV amplitudes in N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory. The non-classical part of an amplitude is built from A3A_3 cluster polylogarithm functions; classical polylogarithms with (negative) cluster X-coordinate arguments are added to complete the symbol of the amplitude; beyond-the-symbol terms proportional to π2\pi^2 are determined by comparison with the differential of the amplitude; and the overall additive constant is fixed by the collinear limit. We present an explicit formula for the seven-point amplitude R7(2)R_7^{(2)} as a sample application.

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@article{arxiv.1406.2055,
  title  = {An analytic result for the two-loop seven-point MHV amplitude in N=4 SYM},
  author = {John Golden and Marcus Spradlin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.2055},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

17 pages, 1 figure; v2: minor changes; v3: added a section with some background material