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We present a systematic framework for the maximally-transcendental part of planar QCD scattering amplitudes and perform the first bootstrap computation of six-gluon MHV amplitudes in massless QCD at the symbol level. By analyzing the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-02-04 Sérgio Carrôlo , Dmitry Chicherin , Johannes Henn , Qinglin Yang , Yang Zhang

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

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 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 study Feynman integrals and scattering amplitudes in ${\cal N}=4$ super-Yang-Mills by exploiting the duality with null polygonal Wilson loops. Certain Feynman integrals, including one-loop and two-loop chiral pentagons, are given by…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-06-16 Song He , Zhenjie Li , Qinglin Yang , Chi Zhang

The full 245-letter symbol alphabet for all planar massless two-loop six-point Feynman integrals was recently determined in arXiv:2412.19884 and arXiv:2501.01847. In a parallel mathematical development, it was shown in arXiv:2408.14956 that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-27 Andrzej Pokraka , Marcus Spradlin , Anastasia Volovich , He-Chen Weng

We confirm by explicit computation the conjectured all-orders iteration of planar maximally supersymmetric N=4 Yang-Mills theory in the nontrivial case of five-point two-loop amplitudes. We compute the required unitarity cuts of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Z. Bern , M. Czakon , D. A. Kosower , R. Roiban , V. A. Smirnov

Multi-loop scattering amplitudes in N=4 Yang-Mills theory possess cluster algebra structure. In order to develop a computational framework which exploits this connection, we show how to construct bases of Goncharov polylogarithm functions,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-01-20 Daniel E. Parker , Adam Scherlis , Marcus Spradlin , Anastasia Volovich

We compute the leading-color (planar) three-loop four-point amplitude of N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory in 4 - 2 epsilon dimensions, as a Laurent expansion about epsilon = 0 including the finite terms. The amplitude was constructed…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Zvi Bern , Lance J. Dixon , Vladimir A. Smirnov

We present an ansatz for the planar five-loop four-point amplitude in maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory in terms of loop integrals. This ansatz exploits the recently observed correspondence between integrals with simple conformal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Z. Bern , J. J. M. Carrasco , H. Johansson , D. A. Kosower

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

Motivated by reformulating Yangian invariants in planar ${\cal N}=4$ SYM directly as $d\log$ forms on momentum-twistor space, we propose a purely algebraic problem of determining the arguments of the $d\log$'s, which we call "letters", for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-03-17 Song He , Zhenjie Li

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 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 calculate the general planar dual-conformally invariant double-pentagon and pentabox integrals in four dimensions. Concretely, we derive one-fold integral representations for these elliptic integrals over polylogarithms of weight three.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-10-18 Anne Spiering , Matthias Wilhelm , Chi Zhang

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

Various of the single scale quantities in massless and massive QCD up to 3-loop order can be expressed by iterative integrals over certain classes of alphabets, from the harmonic polylogarithms to root-valued alphabets. Examples are the…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2017-11-28 J. Ablinger , A. Behring , J. Blümlein , A. De Freitas , E. Imamoglu , M. van Hoeij A. von Manteuffel , C. G. Raab , C. -S. Radu , C. Schneider

We consider the complete set of planar two-loop five-point Feynman integrals with two off-shell external legs. These integrals are relevant, for instance, for the calculation of the second-order QCD corrections to the production of two…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-11-07 Samuel Abreu , Dmitry Chicherin , Vasily Sotnikov , Simone Zoia

We present a symbol-level bootstrap construction of the planar, two-loop six-gluon scattering amplitude for the --++++ helicity configuration in QCD, focusing on the maximal weight pieces-the "most complicated terms" in the sense of Lipatov…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-24 Sérgio Carrôlo , Dmitry Chicherin , Johannes Henn , Qinglin Yang , Yang Zhang

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
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