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On the Singularity Structure of Maximally Supersymmetric Scattering Amplitudes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-01-07 v1

Abstract

We present evidence that loop amplitudes in maximally supersymmetric N=4\mathcal{N}=4 Yang-Mills (SYM) beyond the planar limit share some of the remarkable structures of the planar theory. In particular, we show that through two loops, the four-particle amplitude in full N=4\mathcal{N}=4 SYM has only logarithmic singularities and is free of any poles at infinity---properties closely related to uniform transcendentality and the UV-finiteness of the theory. We also briefly comment on implications for maximal (N=8\mathcal{N}=8) supergravity.

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@article{arxiv.1410.0354,
  title  = {On the Singularity Structure of Maximally Supersymmetric Scattering Amplitudes},
  author = {Nima Arkani-Hamed and Jacob L. Bourjaily and Freddy Cachazo and Jaroslav Trnka},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.0354},
  year   = {2015}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures