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Classical Polylogarithms for Amplitudes and Wilson Loops

High Energy Physics - Theory 2011-01-17 v2 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We present a compact analytic formula for the two-loop six-particle MHV remainder function (equivalently, the two-loop light-like hexagon Wilson loop) in N = 4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory in terms of the classical polylogarithm functions Li_k with cross-ratios of momentum twistor invariants as their arguments. In deriving our result we rely on results from the theory of motives.

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@article{arxiv.1006.5703,
  title  = {Classical Polylogarithms for Amplitudes and Wilson Loops},
  author = {Alexander B. Goncharov and Marcus Spradlin and C. Vergu and Anastasia Volovich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1006.5703},
  year   = {2011}
}

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11 pages, v2: journal version, minor corrections and simplifications, additional details available at http://goo.gl/Cl0y

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