Published June 2018 | Version v1
Journal article

The contribution of scalars to N=4 SYM amplitudes II: Young tableaux, asymptotic factorisation and strong coupling

  • 1. Sezione INFN di Bologna, Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, Università di Bologna, Via Irnerio 46, 40126 Bologna (Italy)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo 152-8551 (Japan)
  • 3. Dipartimento di Fisica dell'Università della Calabria and INFN, Gruppo collegato di Cosenza, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, Cosenza (Italy)

Description

We disentangle the contribution of scalars to the OPE series of null hexagonal Wilson loops/MHV gluon scattering amplitudes in multicolour N=4 SYM. In specific, we develop a systematic computation of the SU(4) matrix part of the Wilson loop by means of Young tableaux (with several examples). Then, we use a peculiar factorisation property (when a group of rapidities becomes large) to deduce an explicit polar form. Furthermore, we emphasise the advantages of expanding the logarithm of the Wilson loop in terms of 'connected functions' as we apply this procedure to find an explicit strong coupling expansion (definitively proving that the leading order can prevail on the classical AdS5 string contribution).

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2018.04.001

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2018.04.001;
arXiv
arXiv:1707.05767v1;
PII
S0550321318300920;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B
Journal Volume
931
Journal Page Range
p. 19-71
ISSN
0550-3213
CODEN
NUPBBO

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© 2018 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V.