Published October 16, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Minimal Basis for Gauge Theory Amplitudes

  • 1. Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques, Le Bois-Marie, F-91440 Bures-sur-Yvette, France and CEA, DSM, Institut de Physique Theorique, IPhT, CNRS, MPPU, URA2306, Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
  • 2. Niels Bohr International Academy, Niels Bohr Institute, Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100, Copenhagen O (Denmark)

Description

Identities based on monodromy for integrations in string theory are used to derive relations between different color-ordered tree-level amplitudes in both bosonic and supersymmetric string theory. These relations imply that the color-ordered tree-level n-point gauge theory amplitudes can be expanded in a minimal basis of (n-3)! amplitudes. This result holds for any choice of polarizations of the external states and in any number of dimensions.

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
103
Journal Issue
16
Journal Page Range
p. 161602-161602.4
ISSN
0031-9007
CODEN
PRLTAO

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
41101209
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
AMPLITUDES; BOSONS; COLOR MODEL; GAUGE INVARIANCE; POLARIZATION; STRING THEORY; SUPERSYMMETRY
Descriptors DEC
COMPOSITE MODELS; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; M-THEORY; PARTICLE MODELS; QUARK MODEL; SYMMETRY

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