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We present work on two-loop amplitudes in pure Yang-Mills theory with all gluons of identical helicity. We show how to obtain their rational terms -- the hardest parts to compute -- via well-understood one-loop unitarity techniques.

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-08-15 David A. Kosower , Sebastian Pögel

We propose a new ``universal expansion" for one-loop amplitudes with arbitrary number of gluons in $D$ dimensions, which holds for general gauge theories with gluons/fermions/scalars in the loop, including pure and supersymmetric Yang-Mills…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-12-30 Qu Cao , Jin Dong , Song He , Fan Zhu

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 give an explicit recursive formula for the all L-loop integrand for scattering amplitudes in N=4 SYM in the planar limit, manifesting the full Yangian symmetry of the theory. This generalizes the BCFW recursion relation for tree…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-01-17 Nima Arkani-Hamed , Jacob L. Bourjaily , Freddy Cachazo , Simon Caron-Huot , Jaroslav Trnka

We present an ansatz for the planar five-loop four-point amplitude in maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory in terms of loop integrals. This ansatz exploits the recently observed correspondence between integrals with simple conformal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Z. Bern , J. J. M. Carrasco , H. Johansson , D. A. Kosower

We construct the planar integrand of the six-leg amplitude of massive W-bosons on the special Coulomb branch of the maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory to two-loop order. We use the six-dimensional supersymmetric spinor-helicity…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-08 A. V. Belitsky

We present a method to compute the integrands of one-loop Einstein-Yang-Mills amplitudes for any number of external gauge and gravity multiplets. Our construction relies on the double-copy structure of Einstein-Yang-Mills as…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-03-01 Franziska Porkert , Oliver Schlotterer

We present analytic forms of three-loop four-gluon planar amplitudes in pure Yang-Mills theory in this letter. Gauge invariant bases and a set of proper master integrals are chosen such that the amplitudes are explicitly invariant under…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2019-10-15 Qingjun Jin , Hui Luo

In this letter, we generalize the recursion methods based on cut equations arXiv:2412.21027, originally developed for scalar theories, to gluons in pure Yang-Mills theory. In gauge theories, planar loop integrands are subtle to defined and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-03-21 Qu Cao , Fan Zhu

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

We initiate a study of non-supersymmetric Born-Infeld electrodynamics in 4d at the quantum level. Explicit all-multiplicity expressions are calculated for the purely rational one-loop amplitudes in the self-dual ($++\ldots+$) and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-03-18 Henriette Elvang , Marios Hadjiantonis , Callum R. T. Jones , Shruti Paranjape

Infrared divergences in scattering amplitudes arise when a loop momentum $\ell$ becomes collinear with a massless external momentum $p$. In gauge theories, it is known that the L-loop logarithm of a planar amplitude has much softer infrared…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-03 Jacob L. Bourjaily , Alexander DiRe , Amin Shaikh , Marcus Spradlin , Anastasia Volovich

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

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

We propose new formulae for the two-loop n-point D-dimensional integrands of scattering amplitudes in Yang-Mills theory and gravity. The loop integrands are written as a double-forward limit of tree-level trivalent diagrams, and are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-01-29 Yvonne Geyer , Ricardo Monteiro , Ricardo Stark-Muchão

Local, manifestly dual-conformally invariant loop integrands are now known for all finite quantities associated with observables in planar, maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory through three loops. These representations, however, are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-05-01 Jacob L. Bourjaily , Falko Dulat , Erik Panzer

We review generalized unitarity as a means for obtaining loop amplitudes from on-shell tree amplitudes. The method is generally applicable to both supersymmetric and non-supersymmetric amplitudes, including non-planar contributions. Here we…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-27 Zvi Bern , Yu-tin Huang

We present a direct computation of the full color two-loop five-point all-plus Yang-Mills amplitude using four dimensional unitarity and recursion. We present the $SU(N_c)$ amplitudes in compact analytic forms. Our results match the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2020-01-22 David C. Dunbar , John H. Godwin , Warren B. Perkins , Joseph M. W. Strong

We present a particularly nice D-dimensional graph-based representation of the full color-dressed five-point tree-level gluon amplitude. It possesses the following virtues: 1) it satisfies the color-kinematic correspondence, and thus…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-10-12 Johannes Broedel , John Joseph M. Carrasco

We present an expression for the leading-color (planar) four-loop four-point amplitude of N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory in 4-2 e dimensions, in terms of eight separate integrals. The expression is based on consistency of unitarity…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Zvi Bern , Michael Czakon , Lance J. Dixon , David A. Kosower , Vladimir A. Smirnov