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The two-loop six-point amplitude in ABJM theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2012-10-17 v1

Abstract

In this paper we present the first analytic computation of the six-point two-loop amplitude of ABJM theory. We show that the two-loop amplitude consist of corrections proportional to two distinct local Yangian invariants which can be identified as the tree- and the one-loop amplitude respectively. The two-loop correction proportional to the tree-amplitude is identical to the one-loop BDS result of N=4 SYM plus an additional remainder function, while the correction proportional to the one-loop amplitude is finite. Both the remainder and the finite correction are dual conformal invariant, which implies that the two-loop dual conformal anomaly equation for ABJM is again identical to that of one-loop N=4 SYM, as was first observed at four-point. We discuss the theory on the Higgs branch, showing that its amplitudes are infrared finite, but equal, in the small mass limit, to those obtained in dimensional regularization.

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@article{arxiv.1210.4226,
  title  = {The two-loop six-point amplitude in ABJM theory},
  author = {Yu-tin Huang and S. Caron-Huot},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.4226},
  year   = {2012}
}

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45 pages

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