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Explicit formulae for Yang-Mills-Einstein amplitudes from the double copy

Journal Article · · Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [2]
  1. Uppsala Univ. (Sweden). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, 75108 Uppsala, Sweden
  2. Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States). Inst. for Gravitation and the Cosmos
  3. Uppsala Univ. (Sweden). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy; Stockholm Univ. (Sweden); KTH Royal Inst. of Technology, Stockholm (Sweden). Nordita
Using the double-copy construction of Yang-Mills-Einstein theories formulated in our earlier work, we obtain compact presentations for single-trace Yang-Mills-Einstein tree amplitudes with up to five external gravitons and an arbitrary number of gluons. These are written as linear combinations of color-ordered Yang-Mills trees, where the coefficients are given by color/kinematics-satisfying numerators in a Yang-Mills + φ 3 theory. The construction outlined in this paper holds in general dimension and extends straightforwardly to supergravity theories. For one, two, and three external gravitons, our expressions give identical or simpler presentations of amplitudes already constructed through string-theory considerations or the scattering equations formalism. Our results are based on color/kinematics duality and gauge invariance, and strongly hint at a recursive structure underlying the single-trace amplitudes with an arbitrary number of gravitons. We also present explicit expressions for all-loop single-graviton Einstein-Yang-Mills amplitudes in terms of Yang-Mills amplitudes and, through gauge invariance, derive new all-loop amplitude relations for Yang-Mills theory.
Research Organization:
KTH Royal Inst. of Technology, Stockholm (Sweden); Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States); Uppsala Univ. (Sweden)
Sponsoring Organization:
Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation (Sweden); Ragnar Soderberg Foundation (Sweden); Swedish Research Council (Sweden); USDOE Office of Science (SC), High Energy Physics (HEP) (SC-25)
Grant/Contract Number:
SC0013699
OSTI ID:
1425796
Journal Information:
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online), Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online) Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 2017; ISSN 1029-8479
Publisher:
Springer BerlinCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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