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We consider UV divergences for the on-shell planar gluon-gluon scattering amplitudes in the gauge theory in arbitrary D-dimensions in the one-loop order. The amplitudes are evaluated using the standard Feynman diagram technique for several…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-04-27 A. T. Borlakov , D. I. Kazakov

This article studies methods to obtain relations for scattering amplitudes at the loop level, with concrete examples at one loop. These methods originate in the analysis of large so-called Britto-Cachazo-Feng-Witten shifts of tree level…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-30 Rutger H. Boels , Reinke Sven Isermann

We present a new method for computing multi-loop scattering amplitudes in Quantum Field Theory. It extends the Generalized Unitarity method by constraining not only the integrand of the amplitude but also its full integrated form. Our…

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

We initiate an exploration of the physics and geometry of the amplituhedron, starting with the simplest case of the integrand for four-particle scattering in planar N=4 SYM. We show how the textbook structure of the unitarity double-cut…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-18 Nima Arkani-Hamed , Jaroslav Trnka

We study soft theorems in a broader context, addressing their fate at loop level and their universality in effective field theories and string theory. We argue that for gauge theories in the planar limit, loop-level soft gluon theorems can…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-09-30 Massimo Bianchi , Song He , Yu-tin Huang , Congkao Wen

${{\cal N}=4}$ supergravity is understood to contain a $U(1)$ anomaly which manifests itself via the nonvanishing of loop-level scattering amplitudes that violate a tree-level charge conservation rule. In this letter we provide detailed…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-11-13 Zvi Bern , Julio Parra-Martinez , Radu Roiban

We extend the recent one loop analysis of the ultraviolet completion of the $CP(N)$ nonlinear $\sigma$ model in six dimensions to two loop order in the MSbar scheme for an arbitrary covariant gauge. In particular we compute the anomalous…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-08-26 J. A. Gracey

We discuss nontrivial examples illustrating that perturbative gravity is in some sense the `square' of gauge theory. This statement can be made precise at tree-level using the Kawai, Lewellen and Tye relations between open and closed string…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Z. Bern , L. Dixon , D. C. Dunbar , M. Perelstein , J. S. Rozowsky

The all-loop integrand for scattering amplitudes in planar N = 4 SYM is determined by an "amplitude form" with logarithmic singularities on the boundary of the amplituhedron. In this note we provide strong evidence for a new striking…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-09-30 Nima Arkani-Hamed , Andrew Hodges , Jaroslav Trnka

We analyze constraints from perturbative unitarity and crossing on the leading contributions of higher-dimension operators to the four-graviton amplitude in four spacetime dimensions, including constraints that follow from distinct helicity…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-05-03 Zvi Bern , Dimitrios Kosmopoulos , Alexander Zhiboedov

We compute for the first time the two-loop five-particle amplitude in $\mathcal{N}=8$ supergravity. Starting from the known integrand, we perform an integration-by-parts reduction and express the answer in terms of uniform weight master…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-05-01 D. Chicherin , T. Gehrmann , J. M. Henn , P. Wasser , Y. Zhang , S. Zoia

Recently, a new construction for complete loop integrands of massless field theories has been proposed, with on-shell tree-level amplitudes delicately incorporated into its algorithm. This new approach reinterprets integrands in a novel…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-04-28 Rijun Huang , Qingjun Jin , Junjie Rao , Kang Zhou , Bo Feng

We find a permutation relation among Yangian Invariants -- two Yangian Invariants with adjacent external lines exchanged are related by a simple kinematic factor. This relation is shown to be equivalent to U(1) decoupling and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-01-18 Peizhi Du , Gang Chen , Yeuk-Kwan E. Cheung

We list all potential candidates for U(1) anomalous non-local 1-loop 4-point amplitudes and higher loop UV divergences in $\mathcal{N}\geq 5$ supergravities. The relevant chiral superinvariants are constructed from linearized chiral…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-05-22 Daniel Z. Freedman , Renata Kallosh , Divyanshu Murli , Antoine Van Proeyen , Yusuke Yamada

We obtain the matter-graviton scattering amplitude in the gravitational theory of quadratic curvature, which has $R_{\mu\nu}^2$ term in the action. Unitarity bound is not satisfied because of the existence of negative norm states, while an…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-04-12 Yugo Abe , Takeo Inami , Keisuke Izumi

We review the recent developments of the loop-tree duality method, focussing our discussion on analysing the singular behaviour of the loop integrand of the dual representation of one-loop integrals and scattering amplitudes. We show that…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2014-07-23 Sebastian Buchta , Grigorios Chachamis , Ioannis Malamos , Isabella Bierenbaum , Petros Draggiotis , German Rodrigo

We characterise the one-loop amplitudes for N=6 and N=4 supergravity in four dimensions. For N=6 we find that the one-loop n-point amplitudes can be expanded in terms of scalar box and triangle functions only. This simplification is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-09-22 David C. Dunbar , James H. Ettle , Warren B. Perkins

In this note we study on-shell tree-level gravity amplitudes in the infinite momentum limit. In the case of the two-line BCFW shift, we have a famous improved behavior at infinity that allows for the amplitude to be reconstructed from the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-15 Justin Lemmon , Jaroslav Trnka

We initiate a comprehensive investigation of the geometry of the amplituhedron, a recently found geometric object whose volume calculates the integrand of scattering amplitudes in planar N=4 SYM theory. We do so by introducing and studying…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-08-18 Sebastian Franco , Daniele Galloni , Alberto Mariotti , Jaroslav Trnka

We compare the amplitudes for the long-distance scattering of three gravitons in eleven dimensional supergravity and matrix theory at finite N. We show that the leading supergravity term arises from loop contributions to the matrix theory…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Marco Fabbrichesi , Gabriele Ferretti , Roberto Iengo