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Supergluon scattering in AdS: constructibility, spinning amplitudes, and new structures

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-07-23 v2

Abstract

We elaborate on a new recursive method proposed in arXiv:2312.15484 for computing tree-level nn-point supergluon amplitudes as well as those with one gluon, i.e., spinning amplitudes, in AdS5×S3{\rm AdS}_5 \times S^3. We present an improved proof for the so-called "constructibility" of supergluon and spinning amplitudes based on their factorizations and flat-space limit, which allows us to determine these amplitudes in Mellin space to all nn. We present explicit and remarkably simple expressions for up to n=7n=7 supergluon amplitudes and n=6n=6 spinning amplitudes, which can be viewed as AdS generalizations of the scalar-scaffolded gluon amplitudes proposed recently. We then reveal a series of hidden structures of these AdS amplitudes including (1) an understanding of general pole structures especially the precise truncation on descendent poles (2) a derivation of simple "Feynman rules" for the all-nn amplitudes with the simplest R-symmetry structures, and (3) certain universal behavior analogous to the soft/collinear limit of flat-space amplitudes.

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@article{arxiv.2406.08538,
  title  = {Supergluon scattering in AdS: constructibility, spinning amplitudes, and new structures},
  author = {Qu Cao and Song He and Xiang Li and Yichao Tang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2406.08538},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

46 pages, multiple figures

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