Published May 25, 2018 | Version v1
Journal article

All-helicity symbol alphabets from unwound amplituhedra

  • 1. Department of Physics, Brown University,Providence RI 02912 (United States)
  • 2. School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study,Princeton NJ 08540 (United States)
  • 3. Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California,Santa Barbara CA 93106 (United States)

Description

We review an algorithm for determining the branch points of general amplitudes in planar N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory from amplituhedra. We demonstrate how to use the recent reformulation of amplituhedra in terms of 'sign flips' in order to streamline the application of this algorithm to amplitudes of any helicity. In this way we recover the known branch points of all one-loop amplitudes, and we find an 'emergent positivity' on boundaries of amplituhedra.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2018)159; Available from http://repo.scoap3.org/record/25787

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Journal Volume
2018
Journal Issue
05
Journal Page Range
p. 159
ISSN
1029-8479

INIS

Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
49094051
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
GAUGE INVARIANCE; SCATTERING AMPLITUDES; YANG-MILLS THEORY
Descriptors DEC
AMPLITUDES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES

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Copyright
Copyright (c) OPEN ACCESS, © The Authors
Notes
PUBLISHER-ID: JHEP05(2018)159; ARXIV:1711.11507; OAI: oai:repo.scoap3.org:25787
Funding organization
SCOAP3, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland)