Planar loop integrands from cuts in $D$ dimensions
摘要
We present a direct reconstruction formula for planar loop integrands from -dimensional generalized unitarity cuts in any colored theory. The reconstruction combinatorics is separated from the theory-dependent tree amplitudes entering the cuts: for the -loop -point color-ordered amplitude, the integrand is expressed as a sum over admissible non-scaleless scalar graphs dressed by corresponding cuts in dimensions; the coefficients are given by the universal M\"obius-inversion formula of the refinement poset, or equivalently one minus the Euler characteristics of associated complexes. As an application we write down closed-formulas for loop integrands in pure Yang--Mills theory, where the required cuts are generated by gluing -dimensional tree amplitudes and summing over internal gluon states. We also use the two-loop five-point case as a validation, comparing with known integrand data and after integration-by-parts reduction, with known integrated helicity amplitudes. The same framework also produces compact cut-organized data for larger examples, including the two-loop six-point and three-loop four-point cases. We also describe the corresponding simplification in maximally supersymmetric Yang--Mills theory, where the absence of bubble and triangle subgraphs reduces the relevant cut poset substantially.
引用
@article{arxiv.2606.28052,
title = {Planar loop integrands from cuts in $D$ dimensions},
author = {Fan Zhu and Song He and Zhenqi Han},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2606.28052},
year = {2026}
}
备注
27 pages, 17 figures, and one ancillary file