Published May 18, 2016 | Version v1
Journal article

Yangian-type symmetries of non-planar leading singularities

  • 1. Department of Mathematical Sciences, Durham University,South Road, Durham DH1 3LE (United Kingdom)
  • 2. Institut für Mathematik und Institut für Physik, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin,Zum Großen Windkanal 6, 12489 Berlin (Germany)

Description

We take up the study of integrable structures behind non-planar contributions to scattering amplitudes in N = 4 super Yang-Mills theory. Focusing on leading singularities, we derive the action of the Yangian generators on color-ordered subsets of the external states. Each subset corresponds to a single boundary of the non-planar on-shell diagram. While Yangian invariance is broken, we find that higher-level Yangian generators still annihilate the non-planar on-shell diagram. For a given diagram, the number of these generators is governed by the degree of non-planarity. Furthermore, we present additional identities involving integrable transfer matrices. In particular, for diagrams on a cylinder we obtain a conservation rule similar to the Yangian invariance condition of planar on-shell diagrams. To exemplify our results, we consider a five-point MHV on-shell function on a cylinder.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2016)110; Available from http://repo.scoap3.org/record/15690

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Journal Volume
2016
Journal Issue
05
Journal Page Range
p. 110
ISSN
1029-8479

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
48055958
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
GAUGE INVARIANCE; SCATTERING AMPLITUDES; SINGULARITY; SUPERSYMMETRY; YANG-MILLS THEORY
Descriptors DEC
AMPLITUDES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; SYMMETRY

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Copyright
Copyright (c) OPEN ACCESS, © The Authors
Notes
PUBLISHER-ID: JHEP05(2016)110; ARXIV:1603.00088; OAI: oai:repo.scoap3.org:15690
Funding organization
SCOAP3, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)