English

Scattering equations and BCJ relations for gauge and gravitational amplitudes with massive scalar particles

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-22 v2 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

We generalize the scattering equations to include both massless and massive particles. We construct an expression for the tree-level n-point amplitude with n-2 gluons or gravitons and a pair of massive scalars in arbitrary spacetime dimension as a sum over the (n-3)! solutions of the scattering equations, a la Cachazo, He, and Yuan. We derive the BCJ relations obeyed by these massive amplitudes.

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@article{arxiv.1407.7836,
  title  = {Scattering equations and BCJ relations for gauge and gravitational amplitudes with massive scalar particles},
  author = {Stephen G. Naculich},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.7836},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

22 pages. v2: clarification of eqs. (5.5) and (5.6)