Published November 22, 2016 | Version v1
Journal article

Gravity on-shell diagrams

  • 1. Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics, California Institute of Technology,Pasadena, CA 91125 (United States)
  • 2. Center for Quantum Mathematics and Physics (QMAP),Department of Physics, University of California,Davis, CA 95616 (United States)

Description

We study on-shell diagrams for gravity theories with any number of supersymmetries and find a compact Grassmannian formula in terms of edge variables of the graphs. Unlike in gauge theory where the analogous form involves only dlog-factors, in gravity there is a non-trivial numerator as well as higher degree poles in the edge variables. Based on the structure of the Grassmannian formula for N=8 supergravity we conjecture that gravity loop amplitudes also possess similar properties. In particular, we find that there are only logarithmic singularities on cuts with finite loop momentum and that poles at infinity are present, in complete agreement with the conjecture presented in http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2015)202.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2016)136; Available from http://repo.scoap3.org/record/18034

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Journal Volume
2016
Journal Issue
11
Journal Page Range
p. 136
ISSN
1029-8479

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
48056683
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
GAUGE INVARIANCE; GRAVITATION; SCATTERING AMPLITUDES; SINGULARITY; SPACE-TIME; SUPERGRAVITY
Descriptors DEC
AMPLITUDES; FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; UNIFIED FIELD THEORIES

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Copyright
Copyright (c) OPEN ACCESS, © The Authors
Notes
PUBLISHER-ID: JHEP11(2016)136; ARXIV:1604.03479; OAI: oai:repo.scoap3.org:18034
Funding organization
SCOAP3, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)