Two-loop $\mathcal{N}=1$ SYM Amplitudes via SUSY Decomposition and Massive Spinor-Helicity
Abstract
We obtain a color-kinematics-dual representation of the two-loop four-vector amplitude a general renormalizable massless 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 -dimensional properties by relating them to the previously constructed , 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 -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 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 and SYM theories that preserve supersymmetry. Altogether, these identities makes it possible to completely reduce the two-loop integrand to only two master numerators.
Cite
@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}
}
Comments
61 pages, 4 figures, 2 ancillary files