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In this paper we focus on scattering amplitudes in maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory and define a long sought-after geometry, the loop momentum amplituhedron, which we conjecture to encode tree and (the integrands of) loop…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-06-07 Livia Ferro , Tomasz Lukowski

In this paper we define a new object, the momentum amplituhedron, which is the long sought-after positive geometry for tree-level scattering amplitudes in $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills theory in spinor helicity space. Inspired by the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-09-04 David Damgaard , Livia Ferro , Tomasz Lukowski , Matteo Parisi

The momentum amplituhedron is a positive geometry encoding tree-level scattering amplitudes in $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills directly in spinor-helicity space. In this paper we classify all boundaries of the momentum amplituhedron…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-08-26 Livia Ferro , Tomasz Lukowski , Robert Moerman

In this paper, we define the ABJM loop momentum amplituhedron, which is a geometry encoding ABJM planar tree-level amplitudes and loop integrands in the three-dimensional spinor helicity space. Translating it to the space of dual momenta…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-07-10 Tomasz Lukowski , Jonah Stalknecht

The strict definition of positive geometry implies that all maximal residues of its canonical form are $\pm 1$. We observe, however, that the loop integrand of the amplitude in planar $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills has maximal residues…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-09-13 Gabriele Dian , Paul Heslop , Alastair Stewart

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

In this paper we study a relation between two positive geometries: the momentum amplituhedron, relevant for tree-level scattering amplitudes in $\mathcal{N} = 4$ super Yang-Mills theory, and the kinematic associahedron, encoding tree-level…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-02-24 David Damgaard , Livia Ferro , Tomasz Lukowski , Robert Moerman

We study a novel geometric expansion for scattering amplitudes in the planar sector of N=4 super Yang-Mills theory, in the context of the Amplituhedron which reproduces the all-loop integrand as a canonical differential form on the positive…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-01-01 Taro V. Brown , Umut Oktem , Shruti Paranjape , Jaroslav Trnka

The amplituhedron determines scattering amplitudes in planar ${\cal N}=4$ super Yang-Mills by a single "positive geometry" in the space of kinematic and loop variables. We study a closely related definition of the amplituhedron for the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-04-13 Nima Arkani-Hamed , Johannes Henn , Jaroslav Trnka

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

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

In this paper, we introduce the momentum space amplituhedron for tree-level scattering amplitudes of ABJM theory. We demonstrate that the scattering amplitude can be identified as the canonical form on the space given by the product of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-02-09 Yu-tin Huang , Ryota Kojima , Congkao Wen , Shun-Qing Zhang

Positive geometries provide a purely geometric point of departure for studying scattering amplitudes in quantum field theory. A positive geometry is a specific semi-algebraic set equipped with a unique rational top form - the canonical…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-06-09 Robert Moerman

We introduce a prescriptive approach to generalized unitarity, resulting in a strictly-diagonal basis of loop integrands with coefficients given by specifically-tailored residues in field theory. We illustrate the power of this strategy in…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-06-28 Jacob L. Bourjaily , Enrico Herrmann , Jaroslav Trnka

We propose a new diagrammatic formulation of the all-loop scattering amplitudes/Wilson loops in planar N=4 SYM, dubbed the "momentum-twistor diagrams". These are on-shell-diagrams obtained by gluing trivalent black and white vertices…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-22 Yuntao Bai , Song He

We define and study a positive geometry $\Delta^{(L)}$ which serves as a natural generalization of loop amplituhedra to two-dimensional Minkowski space $\mathbb{R}^{1,1}$. The geometry is formulated in the framework of lightcone geometries…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-02 Jonah Stalknecht

We present new, fundamentally combinatorial and topological characterizations of the amplituhedron. Upon projecting external data through the amplituhedron, the resulting configuration of points has a specified (and maximal) generalized…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-02-14 Nima Arkani-Hamed , Hugh Thomas , Jaroslav Trnka

Recently, a new approach to computing the canonical forms of the momentum amplituhedron in dual-momentum space was proposed by the authors. These are relevant for the integrands of scattering amplitudes in planar N=4 super-Yang-Mills. At…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-07-19 Livia Ferro , Ross Glew , Tomasz Lukowski , Jonah Stalknecht

This thesis investigates geometric descriptions of scattering amplitudes, with a specific focus on scattering amplitudes in N=4 SYM and ABJM theory. The recent development of the field of positive geometries provides us with a suitable…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-09-25 Jonah Stalknecht

All-loop planar scattering amplitudes in maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory can be formulated geometrically in terms of the "amplituhedron". We study the mathematical structures of the one-loop amplituhedron, and present a new…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-02-17 Yuntao Bai , Song He , Thomas Lam
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