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We propose a simple geometric algorithm for determining the complete set of branch points of amplitudes in planar N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory directly from the amplituhedron, without resorting to any particular representation in terms of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-08-02 Tristan Dennen , Igor Prlina , Marcus Spradlin , Stefan Stanojevic , Anastasia Volovich

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 perform a detailed study of the Yangian symmetry of smooth supersymmetric Maldacena-Wilson loops in planar N=4 super Yang-Mills theory. This hidden symmetry extends the global superconformal symmetry present for these observables. A…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-01-05 Niklas Beisert , Dennis Muller , Jan Plefka , Cristian Vergu

We propose a geometrical approach to generate symbol letters of amplitudes/integrals in planar $\mathcal{N}=4$ Super Yang-Mills theory, known as {\it Schubert problems}. Beginning with one-loop integrals, we find that intersections of lines…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-09-07 Qinglin Yang

We advance the exploration of cluster-algebraic patterns in the building blocks of scattering amplitudes in $\mathcal{N}=4$ super Yang-Mills theory. In particular we conjecture that, given a maximal cut of a loop amplitude, Landau…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-05-15 Ömer Gürdoğan , Matteo Parisi

We construct the complete (planar and non-planar) integrand for the six-loop four-point amplitude in maximal $D\le10$ super-Yang-Mills. This construction employs new advances that combat the proliferation of diagram contributions and state…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-12-13 John Joseph M. Carrasco , Alex Edison , Henrik Johansson

We compute the two-loop result for the null pentagonal Wilson loop with a Lagrangian insertion (normalized by the Wilson loop without insertion) in planar, maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory. This finite observable is closely…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-04-04 Dmitry Chicherin , Johannes Henn

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

The three-loop four-point function of stress-tensor multiplets in N=4 super Yang-Mills theory contains two so far unknown, off-shell, conformal integrals, in addition to the known, ladder-type integrals. In this paper we evaluate the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-15 James Drummond , Claude Duhr , Burkhard Eden , Paul Heslop , Jeffrey Pennington , Vladimir A. Smirnov

We solve the Landau equations to find the singularities of nine three-loop 7-point graphs that arise as relaxations of the graph studied in arXiv:2211.16425. Along the way we establish that $Y{-}\Delta$ equivalence fails for certain…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-07-02 Luke Lippstreu , Marcus Spradlin , Akshay Yelleshpur Srikant , Anastasia Volovich

We study the geometry underlying the Wilson loop diagram approach to calculating scattering amplitudes in the gauge theory of Supersymmetric Yang Mills (SYM) $N=4$. By applying the tools developed to study total positivity in the real…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2018-03-05 Susama Agarwala , Sian Fryer

We discuss a class of Feynman Integrals containing hidden regions that are not straightforwardly identified using the geometric, or Newton polytope, approach to the method of regions. Using Landau singularity analysis and existing analytic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-07-25 Einan Gardi , Franz Herzog , Stephen Jones , Yao Ma

Momentum twistors for scattering amplitudes in particle physics are lines in three-space. We develop Landau analysis for Feynman integrals in this setting. The resulting discriminants and resultants are identified with Hurwitz and Chow…

Algebraic Geometry · Mathematics 2026-03-27 Benjamin Hollering , Elia Mazzucchelli , Matteo Parisi , Bernd Sturmfels

We provide evidence through two loops, that rational letters of polylogarithmic Feynman integrals are captured by the Landau equations, when the latter are recast as a polynomial of the kinematic variables of the integral, known as the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-10-30 Christoph Dlapa , Martin Helmer , Georgios Papathanasiou , Felix Tellander

This thesis focuses on the fields of scattering amplitudes and Feynman integrals, with an emphasis on the geometries and special functions that they involve, and is devoted to two distinct research directions. In the first half of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-06-16 Roger Morales

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

We introduce a comprehensive framework for analyzing finite $N$ lattice Yang-Mills theory and finite $N$ matrix models. Utilizing this framework, we examine the bootstrap approach to SU(2) Lattice Yang-Mills Theory in 2,3 and 4 dimensions.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-12-05 Vladimir Kazakov , Zechuan Zheng

The dynamics of Wilson loops are governed by an infinite set of Schwinger-Dyson equations and trace relations. In the context of the lattice positivity bootstrap, a central challenge is determining a dynamically independent basis of these…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-01-22 Xizhe Liu , Gang Yang

Scattering amplitudes in quantum field theories have intricate analytic properties as functions of the energies and momenta of the scattered particles. In perturbation theory, their singularities are governed by a set of nonlinear…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-08-23 Sebastian Mizera , Simon Telen

Correlation functions of Wilson lines are relevant for describing the infrared structure of scattering amplitudes. We develop a new method for evaluating a wide class of such Wilson line integrals, and apply it to the calculation of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-15 Johannes M. Henn , Tobias Huber