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