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General tree-level amplitudes by factorization limits

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-23 v2

Abstract

To find boundary contributions is a rather difficult problem when applying the BCFW recursion relation. In this paper, we propose an approach to bypass this problem by calculating general tree amplitudes that contain no polynomial using factorization limits. More explicitly, we construct an expression iteratively, which produces correct factorization limits for all physical poles, and does not contain other poles, then it should be the correct amplitude. To some extent, this approach can be considered as an alternative way to find boundary contributions. To demonstrate our approach, we present several examples: ϕ4\phi^4 theory, pure gauge theory, Einstein-Maxwell theory, and Yukawa theory. While the amplitude allows the existence of polynomials which satisfy correct mass dimension and helicities, this approach is not applicable to determine the full amplitude.

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@article{arxiv.1410.5042,
  title  = {General tree-level amplitudes by factorization limits},
  author = {Kang Zhou and Chenkai Qiao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.5042},
  year   = {2015}
}

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29 pages

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