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We further exploit the relation between tropical Grassmannians and $\operatorname{Gr}(4,n)$ cluster algebras in order to make and refine predictions for the singularities of scattering amplitudes in $\mathcal{N}=4$ planar super Yang-Mills…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-10-13 Niklas Henke , Georgios Papathanasiou

We address the appearance of algebraic singularities in the symbol alphabet of scattering amplitudes in the context of planar $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills theory. We argue that connections between cluster algebras and tropical geometry…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-12-19 James Drummond , Jack Foster , Ömer Gürdoğan , Chrysostomos Kalousios

We review various aspects of cluster algebras and the ways in which they appear in the study of loop-level amplitudes in planar ${\cal N} = 4$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. In particular, we highlight the different forms of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-09-06 John Golden , Andrew J. McLeod

We compute the non-MHV one-loop seven-gluon amplitudes in N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory, which contain three negative-helicity gluons and four positive-helicity gluons. There are four independent color-ordered amplitudes, (- - - + + + +), (-…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-11-15 Zvi Bern , Vittorio Del Duca , Lance J. Dixon , David A. Kosower

We study a scalar component of the 8-point next-to-next-to-maximally-helicity-violating (N${}^2$MHV) amplitude at two-loop level in ${\cal N}=4$ super-Yang-Mills theory; it has a leading singularity proportional to the inverse of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-01-18 Song He , Zhenjie Li , Chi Zhang

We compute the six-particle maximally-helicity-violating (MHV) amplitude in planar ${\cal N}=4$ super-Yang-Mills theory at eight loops, using antipodal duality and the recently computed eight-loop three-point form factor for the chiral…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-08-17 Lance J. Dixon , Yu-Ting Liu

We derive an on-shell diagram recursion for tree-level scattering amplitudes in $\mathcal{N}=7$ supergravity. The diagrams are evaluated in terms of Grassmannian integrals and momentum twistors, generalising previous results of Hodges in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-05-12 Connor Armstrong , Joseph A. Farrow , Arthur E. Lipstein

We compute the six-particle maximally-helicity-violating (MHV) and next-to-MHV (NMHV) amplitudes in planar maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory through seven loops and six loops, respectively, as an application of the extended…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-09-04 Simon Caron-Huot , Lance J. Dixon , Falko Dulat , Matt von Hippel , Andrew J. McLeod , Georgios Papathanasiou

It is widely expected that NMHV amplitudes in planar, maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory require symbol letters that are not rationally expressible in terms of momentum-twistor (or cluster) variables starting at two loops for eight…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-08-24 Jacob L. Bourjaily , Andrew J. McLeod , Cristian Vergu , Matthias Volk , Matt von Hippel , Matthias Wilhelm

Symbol alphabets of n-particle amplitudes in N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory are known to contain certain cluster variables of Gr(4,n) as well as certain algebraic functions of cluster variables. In this paper we solve the C Z = 0 matrix…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-06-04 Jorge Mago , Anders Schreiber , Marcus Spradlin , Akshay Yelleshpur Srikant , Anastasia Volovich

Symbol alphabets of n-particle amplitudes in N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory are known to contain certain cluster variables of Gr(4,n) as well as certain algebraic functions of cluster variables. In this paper we suggest an algorithm for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-12-02 Jorge Mago , Anders Schreiber , Marcus Spradlin , Anastasia Volovich

We compute the next-to-MHV one-loop n-gluon amplitudes in N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory. These amplitudes contain three negative-helicity gluons and an arbitrary number of positive-helicity gluons, and are the first infinite series of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-04-06 Zvi Bern , Lance J. Dixon , David A. Kosower

Two-loop MHV amplitudes in planar ${\cal N} = 4$ supersymmetric Yang Mills theory are known to exhibit many intriguing forms of cluster-algebraic structure. We leverage this structure to upgrade the symbols of the eight- and nine-particle…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-07-14 John Golden , Andrew J. McLeod

We study the maximally-helicity-violating (MHV) six-gluon scattering amplitude in planar $\mathcal{N} = 4$ super-Yang-Mills theory at finite coupling when all three cross ratios are small. It exhibits a double logarithmic scaling in the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-04-29 Benjamin Basso , Lance J. Dixon , Georgios Papathanasiou

We describe a general algorithm which builds on several pieces of data available in the literature to construct explicit analytic formulas for two-loop MHV amplitudes in N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory. The non-classical part of an amplitude is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-19 John Golden , Marcus Spradlin

We argue that the Sklyanin Poisson bracket on Gr(4,n) can be used to efficiently test whether an amplitude in planar ${\cal{N}}=4$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory satisfies cluster adjacency. We use this test to show that cluster adjacency…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-05-01 John Golden , Andrew J. McLeod , Marcus Spradlin , Anastasia Volovich

Scattering amplitudes in planar $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills theory exhibit singularities which reflect various aspects of the cluster algebras associated to the Grassmannians ${\rm Gr}(4,n)$ and their tropical counterparts. Here we…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-12-20 L. Bossinger , J. M. Drummond , R. Glew

Scattering amplitudes in planar super-Yang-Mills theory satisfy several basic physical and mathematical constraints, including physical constraints on their branch cut structure and various empirically discovered connections to the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-07-05 Thomas Harrington , Marcus Spradlin

We provide a cluster-algebraic approach to the computation of the recently introduced generalised biadjoint scalar amplitudes related to Grassmannians ${\rm Gr}(k,n)$. A finite cluster algebra provides a natural triangulation for the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-01-26 James Drummond , Jack Foster , Ömer Gürdoğan , Chrysostomos Kalousios

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
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