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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

We initiate the systematic study of \emph{local positive spaces} which arise in the context of the Amplituhedron construction for scattering amplitudes in planar maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. We show that all local positive…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-02-03 Enrico Herrmann , Cameron Langer , Jaroslav Trnka , Minshan Zheng

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 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

In this paper we discuss the geometric integrand expansion of the five-point Wilson loop with one Lagrangian insertion in maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. We construct the integrand corresponding to an all-loop class of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-10-16 Dmitry Chicherin , Johannes Henn , Jaroslav Trnka , Shun-Qing Zhang

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

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

In this paper, we define the momentum amplituhedron in the four-dimensional split-signature space of dual momenta. It encodes scattering amplitudes at tree level and loop integrands for N=4 super Yang-Mills in the planar sector. In this…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-08-07 Livia Ferro , Ross Glew , Tomasz Lukowski , Jonah Stalknecht

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

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

Inspired by the topological sign-flip definition of the Amplituhedron, we introduce similar, but distinct, positive geometries relevant for one-loop scattering amplitudes in planar $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills theory. The simplest…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-07-27 Enrico Herrmann , Cameron Langer , Jaroslav Trnka , Minshan Zheng

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 show that there are remarkable simplifications when the MHV diagram formalism for N=4 super Yang-Mills is reformulated in momentum twistor space. The vertices are replaced by unity while each propagator becomes a dual superconformal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-12-14 Mathew Bullimore , Lionel Mason , David Skinner

The definition of the amplituhedron in terms of sign flips involves both one-loop constraints and the "mutual positivity" constraint. To gain an understanding of the all-loop integrand of $\mathcal{N}=4$ sYM requires understanding the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-05-01 Cameron Langer , Akshay Yelleshpur Srikant

We investigate how the positive geometry framework for loop integrands in $\mathcal{N}{=}4$ super Yang-Mills theory constrains the structure of the integrated answers. This is done in the context of a geometric expansion of Wilson loops…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-08-08 Dmitry Chicherin , Johannes Henn , Elia Mazzucchelli , Jaroslav Trnka , Qinglin Yang , Shun-Qing Zhang

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

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

Based on 1712.09990 which handles the 4-particle amplituhedron at 3-loop, we have found an extremely simple pattern, yet far more non-trivial than one might naturally expect: the all-loop Mondrian diagrammatics. By further simplifying and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-06-21 Yang An , Yi Li , Zhinan Li , Junjie Rao

We study the six-point NMHV ratio function in planar ${\cal N}=4$ SYM theory in the context of positive geometry. The Amplituhedron construction of the integrand for the amplitudes provides a kinematical region in which the integrand was…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-03-06 Lance J. Dixon , Matt von Hippel , Andrew J. McLeod , Jaroslav Trnka

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
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