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We introduce two new graphical-level relations among possible contributions to the four-point correlation function and scattering amplitude in planar, maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. When combined with the rung rule, these prove…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-12-21 Jacob L. Bourjaily , Paul Heslop , Vuong-Viet Tran

We show that scattering amplitudes in planar N = 4 Super Yang-Mills in multi-Regge kinematics can naturally be expressed in terms of single-valued iterated integrals on the moduli space of Riemann spheres with marked points. As a…

In this work, we investigate the finite basis topologies of two-loop dimensionally regularized Feynman integrals in the `t Hooft-Veltman scheme in the Standard Model. We present a functionally distinct finite basis of Master Integrals which…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-28 Piotr Bargiela , Tong-Zhi Yang

We obtain for the first time the analytic two-loop four-point MHV lightlike form factor of the stress-tensor supermultiplet in planar ${\cal N}=4$ SYM where the momentum $q$ carried by the operator is taken to be massless. Remarkably, we…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-11 Yuanhong Guo , Lei Wang , Gang Yang

In this work, we express the singular part of a scattering amplitude in terms of Feynman integrals compatible with topologies appearing in the bare amplitude, and we choose a basis of locally finite Master Integrals. In two-loop massless…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-12-18 Piotr Bargiela

We present the analytic expressions of the three-loop virtual corrections to the helicity amplitudes of 2 -> 2 four-fermion scattering processes in massless QED. The contributing Feynman diagrams are grouped into integrand families…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2026-02-12 Giulio Crisanti , Thomas Dave , Pierpaolo Mastrolia , Jonathan Ronca , Sid Smith , William J. Torres Bobadilla

Multi-loop scattering amplitudes constitute a serious bottleneck in current high-energy physics computations. Obtaining new integrand level representations with smooth behaviour is crucial for solving this issue, and surpassing the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2021-09-17 German F. R. Sborlini

The S-matrix for planar N = 4 super Yang-Mills theory can be computed as the correlation function for a holomorphic polygonal Wilson loop in twistor space. In an axial gauge, this leads to the construction of the all-loop integrand via MHV…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-12 Arthur E. Lipstein , Lionel Mason

In this second part of our investigation of the analytic structure of the $2\to5$ scattering amplitude in the planar limit of $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM in multi-Regge kinematics we compute, in all kinematic regions, the Regge cut contributions in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-03-05 Jochen Bartels , Andrey Kormilitzin , Lev N. Lipatov

We extend the applications of prescriptive unitarity beyond the planar limit to provide local, polylogarithmic, integrand-level representations of six-particle MHV scattering amplitudes in both maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-06-01 Jacob L. Bourjaily , Enrico Herrmann , Cameron Langer , Andrew J. McLeod , Jaroslav Trnka

We present a method for the integrand-level reduction of two-loop helicity amplitudes in both $d=4-2\epsilon$ and $d=4$ dimensions. The amplitude is expressed in terms of a set of Feynman integrals and their coefficients that depend on the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-11-14 Giuseppe Bevilacqua , Dhimiter Canko , Costas Papadopoulos , Aris Spourdalakis

Virtual two-loop corrections to scattering amplitudes are a key ingredient to precision physics at collider experiments. We compute the full set of planar master integrals relevant to five-point functions in massless QCD, and use these to…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2016-04-18 T. Gehrmann , J. M. Henn , N. A. Lo Presti

Twistor ideas have led to a number of recent advances in our understanding of scattering amplitudes. Much of this work has been indirect, determining the twistor space support of scattering amplitudes by examining the amplitudes in momentum…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 Lionel Mason , David Skinner

We present a method for the computation of hepta-cuts of two loop scattering amplitudes. Four dimensional unitarity cuts are used to factorise the integrand onto the product of six tree-level amplitudes evaluated at complex momentum values.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2012-04-18 Simon Badger , Hjalte Frellesvig , Yang Zhang

We consider scattering amplitudes in planar N = 4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory in special kinematics where all external four-dimensional momenta are restricted to a (1+1)-dimensional subspace. The amplitudes are known to satisfy…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-05 Timothy Goddard , Paul Heslop , Valentin V. Khoze

We give a representation of the parity-even part of the planar two-loop six-gluon MHV amplitude of N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory, in terms of loop-momentum integrals with simple dual conformal properties. We evaluate the integrals numerically…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Z. Bern , L. J. Dixon , D. A. Kosower , R. Roiban , M. Spradlin , C. Vergu , A. Volovich

We apply a bootstrap procedure to two-loop MHV amplitudes in planar N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory. We argue that the mathematically most complicated part (the $\Lambda^2 B_2$ coproduct component) of the n-particle amplitude is uniquely…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-23 John Golden , Marcus Spradlin

The $\bar{Q}$ equations, rooted in the dual superconformal anomalies, are a powerful tool for computing amplitudes in planar $\mathcal{N}=4$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. By using the $\bar{Q}$ equations, we compute the symbol of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-01-05 Zhenjie Li , Chi Zhang

We argue that the scattering amplitudes in the maximally supersymmetric N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory possess a new symmetry which extends the previously discovered dual conformal symmetry. To reveal this property we formulate the scattering…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-12-22 J. M. Drummond , J. Henn , G. P. Korchemsky , E. Sokatchev

In this talk, we review recent developments towards the calculation of multi-loop scattering amplitudes. In particular, we discuss how the colour-kinematics duality can provide new integral relations at one-loop level via the Loop-Tree…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2018-01-10 William J. Torres Bobadilla