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High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-11-23 A. Fotopoulos , M. Tsulaia

We initiate a systematic study of amplitudes with massive external particles on the Coulomb-branch of N=4 super Yang Mills theory: 1) We propose that (multi-)soft-scalar limits of massless amplitudes at the origin of moduli space can be…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-27 Nathaniel Craig , Henriette Elvang , Michael Kiermaier , Tracy Slatyer

The soft anomalous dimension governs the infrared singularities of scattering amplitudes to all orders in perturbative quantum field theory, and is a crucial ingredient in both formal and phenomenological applications of non-abelian gauge…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-10-25 Øyvind Almelid , Claude Duhr , Einan Gardi , Andrew McLeod , Chris D. White

This chapter introduces the foundational elements of scattering amplitudes. It is meant to be accessible to readers with only a basic understanding of quantum field theory. Topics covered include: the four-dimensional spinor-helicity…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-01-10 Andreas Brandhuber , Jan Plefka , Gabriele Travaglini

In this paper, we study the single and double soft behaviors of tree level off-shell currents and on-shell amplitudes in nonlinear sigma model(NLSM). We first propose and prove the leading soft behavior of the tree level currents with a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-08-27 Yi-Jian Du , Hui Luo

Scattering amplitudes in superconformal field theories do not enjoy this symmetry, because the definition of asymptotic states involve a notion of infinity. Concentrating on planar $\mathcal{N}=4$ Yang-Mills, we consider a generalization of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-28 Simon Caron-Huot

We develop an iterative method for constructing four-dimensional generalized unitarity cuts in $\mathcal{N} = 2$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills (SYM) theory coupled to fundamental matter hypermultiplets ($\mathcal{N} = 2$ SQCD). For iterated…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-10-08 Gregor Kälin , Gustav Mogull , Alexander Ochirov

In this paper, we provide a thorough study on the expansion of single trace Einstein-Yang-Mills amplitudes into linear combination of color-ordered Yang-Mills amplitudes, from various different perspectives. Using the gauge invariance…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-10-10 Chih-Hao Fu , Yi-Jian Du , Rijun Huang , Bo Feng

We derive analytic results for the symbol of certain two-loop Feynman integrals relevant for seven- and eight-point two-loop scattering amplitudes in planar $\mathcal{N}=4$ super-Yang--Mills theory. We use a bootstrap inspired strategy,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-11-14 Johannes Henn , Enrico Herrmann , Julio Parra-Martinez

Scattering amplitudes in planar N=4 super Yang-Mills theory reveal a remarkable symmetry structure. In addition to the superconformal symmetry of the Lagrangian of the theory, the planar amplitudes exhibit a dual superconformal symmetry.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-20 J. M. Drummond

The entire form of the amplitude of three SYM ( involving two transverse scalar fields, a gauge field) and a potential $C_{n-1}$ Ramond-Ramond (RR) form field is found out. We first derive $<V_{C^{-2}} V_{A^{0}} V_{\phi ^{0}} V_{\phi…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-09-02 Ehsan Hatefi

Recent studies of scattering amplitudes in planar N=4 SYM theory revealed the existence of a hidden dual superconformal symmetry. Together with the conventional superconformal symmetry it gives rise to powerful restrictions on the planar…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-20 G. P. Korchemsky , E. Sokatchev

We investigate how loop-level propagators arise from tree level via a forward-limit procedure in two modern approaches to scattering amplitudes, namely the BCFW recursion relations and the scattering equations formalism. In the first part…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-10-28 Joseph A. Farrow , Yvonne Geyer , Arthur E. Lipstein , Ricardo Monteiro , Ricardo Stark-Muchão

We study the multi-collinear behavior of tree amplitudes in the six-dimensional N = (1,1) super Yang-Mills theory (sYM). A generalized dimensional reduction of the latter yields the four-dimensional N = 4 sYM on the Coulomb branch, which is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-31 A. V. Belitsky , V. A. Smirnov

The scattering amplitudes of planar N = 4 super-Yang-Mills exhibit a number of remarkable analytic structures, including dual conformal symmetry and logarithmic singularities of integrands. The amplituhedron is a geometric construction of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-07-20 Zvi Bern , Enrico Herrmann , Sean Litsey , James Stankowicz , Jaroslav Trnka

By taking the high-energy limit of the two-loop and the three-loop four-point amplitudes in the maximally supersymmetric N=4 Yang-Mill theory (MSYM), we test the validity of the loop expansion of the high-energy amplitude, beyond the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-19 V. Del Duca , E. W. N. Glover

We consider the leading and subleading UV divergences for the four-point on-shell scattering amplitudes in D=6,8,10 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theories in the planar limit. These theories belong to the class of maximally supersymmetric gauge…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-02-01 A. T. Borlakov , D. I. Kazakov , D. M. Tolkachev , D. E. Vlasenko

A new way of computing scattering amplitudes in a certain very important QFT (N=4 SYM) has recently been developed, in which an algebraic structure called the positive Grassmannian plays a very important role. The mathematics of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-08-06 Alvaro M. Alhambra

We study on-shell diagrams for gravity theories with any number of supersymmetries and find a compact Grassmannian formula in terms of edge variables of the graphs. Unlike in gauge theory where the analogous form involves only…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-12-21 Enrico Herrmann , Jaroslav Trnka

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