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The Principle of Maximal Transcendentality and the Four-Loop Collinear Anomalous Dimension

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-02-14 v2

Abstract

We use the principle of maximal transcendentality and the universal nature of subleading infrared poles to extract the analytic value of the four-loop collinear anomalous dimension in planar N=4{\cal N}=4 super-Yang-Mills theory from recent QCD results, obtaining G^0(4)=300ζ7256ζ2ζ5384ζ3ζ4\hat{\cal G}_{0}^{(4)} = - 300 \zeta_7 - 256 \zeta_2 \zeta_5 - 384 \zeta_3 \zeta_4. This value agrees with a previous numerical result to within 0.2 percent. It also provides the Regge trajectory, threshold soft anomalous dimension and rapidity anomalous dimension through four loops.

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@article{arxiv.1712.07274,
  title  = {The Principle of Maximal Transcendentality and the Four-Loop Collinear Anomalous Dimension},
  author = {Lance J. Dixon},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1712.07274},
  year   = {2018}
}

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12 pages, no figures. v2, references added