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We compute for the first time the two-loop corrections to arbitrary n-gon lightlike Wilson loops in N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory, using efficient numerical methods. The calculation is motivated by the remarkable agreement between…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-06-29 Charalampos Anastasiou , Andreas Brandhuber , Paul Heslop , Valentin V. Khoze , Bill Spence , Gabriele Travaglini

We propose that the symbol alphabet for classes of planar, dual-conformal-invariant Feynman integrals can be obtained as truncated cluster algebras purely from their kinematics, which correspond to boundaries of (compactifications of)…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-01-05 Song He , Zhenjie Li , Qinglin Yang

We initiate the study of cluster algebras in Feynman integrals in dimensional regularization. We provide evidence that four-point Feynman integrals with one off-shell leg are described by a $C_{2}$ cluster algebra, and we find cluster…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-03-10 Dmitry Chicherin , Johannes M. Henn , 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

We present a three-loop analysis of the scattering amplitude of five nearly massless W-bosons in planar maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. The basis of the master integrals is established, making use of the unitarity-cut sewing…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-19 Andrei V. Belitsky , Leonid V. Bork , Roman N. Lee , Vladimir A. Smirnov

Feynman integrals with generic propagator powers in one and two spacetime dimensions are investigated from various perspectives. In particular, we argue that the class of track integrals at any loop order is fixed by the recently found…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-31 Gwenaël Ferrando , Florian Loebbert , Amelie Pitters , Sven F. Stawinski

We obtain a compact expression for the octagon MHV amplitude / Wilson loop at 3 loops in planar N=4 SYM and in special 2d kinematics in terms of 7 unfixed coefficients. We do this by making use of the cyclic and parity symmetry of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-30 Paul Heslop , Valentin V. Khoze

The analytic structure of scattering amplitudes is restricted by Steinmann relations, which enforce the vanishing of certain discontinuities of discontinuities. We show that these relations dramatically simplify the function space for the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-12-14 Simon Caron-Huot , Lance J. Dixon , Andrew McLeod , Matt von Hippel

In the planar N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory, the conformal symmetry constrains multi-loop n-edged Wilson loops to be given in terms of the one-loop n-edged Wilson loop, augmented, for n greater than 6, by a function of conformally…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-20 Vittorio Del Duca , Claude Duhr , Vladimir A. Smirnov

Seven-particle scattering amplitudes in planar super-Yang-Mills theory are believed to belong to a special class of generalised polylogarithm functions called heptagon functions. These are functions with physical branch cuts whose symbols…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-11-11 James M. Drummond , Georgios Papathanasiou , Marcus Spradlin

We explore the duality between supersymmetric Wilson loop on null polygonal contours in maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory and next-to-maximal helicity violating (NMHV) scattering amplitudes. Earlier analyses demonstrated that the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-05 A. V. Belitsky

We study cluster algebras for some all-loop Feynman integrals, including box-ladder, penta-box-ladder, and (seven-point) double-penta-ladder integrals. In addition to the well-known box ladder whose symbol alphabet is $D_2\simeq A_1^2$, we…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-07-07 Song He , Zhenjie Li , Qinglin Yang

Seven-point amplitudes in planar ${\cal N}=4$ super-Yang-Mills theory have previously been constructed through four loops using the Steinmann cluster bootstrap, but only at the level of the symbol. We promote these symbols to actual…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-10-28 Lance J. Dixon , Yu-Ting Liu

Null Wilson loops in $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills are dual to planar scattering amplitudes. This duality implies hidden symmetries for both objects. We consider closely related infrared finite observables, defined as the Wilson loop…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-02-14 Dmitry Chicherin , Johannes M. Henn

We use momentum twistors to evaluate planar loop integrals. Infrared divergences are regulated by the recently proposed AdS-inspired mass regulator. We show that two-loop amplitudes in N=4 super Yang-Mills can be expanded in terms of basis…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-05-26 J. M. Drummond , J. M. Henn

It is well-known that on-shell maximally helicity-violating gluon scattering amplitudes in maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory are dual to a bosonic Wilson loop on a null-polygonal contour. The light-like nature of the intervals is a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-08-02 A. V. Belitsky , V. A. Smirnov

In this paper we consider multi-loop integrals appearing in MHV scattering amplitudes of planar N=4 SYM. Through particular differential operators which reduce the loop order by one, we present explicit equations for the two-loop…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-04 L. Ferro

Scattering amplitudes in planar ${\cal N}=4$ supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory are dual to expectation values of null polygonal Wilson loops. The Amplituhedron provides a geometric construction for the all-loop integrand as the canonical…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-29 Lance J. Dixon , Umut Oktem , Shruti Paranjape , Jaroslav Trnka , Yongqun Xu , Shun-Qing Zhang

We elaborate on a non-perturbative formulation of scattering amplitudes/null polygonal Wilson loops in planar N=4 Super-Yang-Mills theory. The construction is based on a decomposition of the Wilson loop into elementary building blocks named…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-16 Benjamin Basso , Amit Sever , Pedro Vieira

A method of functional reduction for the dimensionally regularized one-loop Feynman integrals with massive propagators is described in detail. The method is based on a repeated application of the functional relations proposed by the author.…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2022-07-13 O. V. Tarasov