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An Eight Loop Amplitude via Antipodal Duality

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-08-17 v1 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We compute the six-particle maximally-helicity-violating (MHV) amplitude in planar N=4{\cal N}=4 super-Yang-Mills theory at eight loops, using antipodal duality and the recently computed eight-loop three-point form factor for the chiral stress energy tensor multiplet. Antipodal duality maps the form factor symbol to the amplitude symbol on a two-dimensional parity-preserving surface in the three-dimensional amplitude kinematics. There are remarkably few ambiguities in lifting from two to three dimensions, nor in promoting the symbol to a function. The amplitude passes many tests, including near-collinear, multi-Regge, factorization, self-crossing and origin limits. These checks also constitute a validation of antipodal duality at eight loops.

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@article{arxiv.2308.08199,
  title  = {An Eight Loop Amplitude via Antipodal Duality},
  author = {Lance J. Dixon and Yu-Ting Liu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2308.08199},
  year   = {2023}
}

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50 pages, 3 figures, 6 tables, 8 loops

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