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Two-loop $\mathcal{N}=1$ SYM Amplitudes via SUSY Decomposition and Massive Spinor-Helicity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2023-12-29 v1

Abstract

We obtain a color-kinematics-dual representation of the two-loop four-vector amplitude a general renormalizable massless N=1\mathcal{N}=1 SYM theory, including internal matter as chiral supermultiplets. The integrand is constructed to be compatible with dimensional regularization and supersymmetry by employing two strategies (implicitly defining our regularization scheme): supersymmetric decomposition and matching to massive spinor-helicity amplitudes. All internal vector components inherit their DD-dimensional properties by relating them to the previously constructed D6D\leq6, N=2\mathcal{N}=2 SQCD amplitude using supersymmetric decomposition identities of individual diagrams. This leaves only diagrams with internal matter lines as unknown masters, which are in turn constrained on DD-dimensional unitarity cuts by reinterpreting the extra-dimensional momentum components as masses for the chiral supermultiplets. We rely on the massive spinor-helicity formalism and massive on-shell N=1\mathcal{N}=1 superspace, generalized here to complex masses. Finally, we extend the kinematic numerator algebra to include three-term identities that are dual to color identities linear in the matter Clebsch-Gordan coefficients, as well as two new optional identities satisfied by mass-deformed N=4\mathcal{N}=4 and N=2\mathcal{N}=2 SYM theories that preserve N=1\mathcal{N}=1 supersymmetry. Altogether, these identities makes it possible to completely reduce the two-loop integrand to only two master numerators.

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@article{arxiv.2312.17219,
  title  = {Two-loop $\mathcal{N}=1$ SYM Amplitudes via SUSY Decomposition and Massive Spinor-Helicity},
  author = {Henrik Johansson and Gregor Kälin and Gustav Mogull and Bram Verbeek},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.17219},
  year   = {2023}
}

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61 pages, 4 figures, 2 ancillary files

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