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Into the Amplituhedron

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-18 v1 Algebraic Geometry

Abstract

We initiate an exploration of the physics and geometry of the amplituhedron, starting with the simplest case of the integrand for four-particle scattering in planar N=4 SYM. We show how the textbook structure of the unitarity double-cut follows from the positive geometry. We also use the geometry to expose the behavior of the multicollinear limit, providing a direct motivation for studying the logarithm of the amplitude. In addition to computing the two and three-loop integrands, we explore various lower-dimensional faces of the amplituhedron, thereby computing non-trivial cuts of the integrand to all loop orders.

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@article{arxiv.1312.7878,
  title  = {Into the Amplituhedron},
  author = {Nima Arkani-Hamed and Jaroslav Trnka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1312.7878},
  year   = {2015}
}

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34 pages, 23 figures

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