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S-matrix equivalence restored

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-06-19 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

The canonical transformation that maps light-cone Yang-Mills theory to a Lagrangian description of the MHV rules is non-local, consequently the two sets of fields do not necessarily generate the same S-matrix. By deriving a new recursion relation for the canonical transformation expansion coefficients, we find a direct map between these coefficients and tree level light-cone diagrams. We use this to show that, at least up to one-loop with dimensionally regularised MHV vertices, the only difference is the omission of the one-loop amplitudes in which all gluons have positive helicity.

Cite

@article{arxiv.0902.1906,
  title  = {S-matrix equivalence restored},
  author = {Chih-Hao Fu and Jonathan Fudger and Paul R. W. Mansfield and Tim R. Morris and Zhiguang Xiao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0902.1906},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

36 pages, JHEP3 style, published version, discussions on rational parts and supersymmetry added

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