Grassmannians for scattering amplitudes in 4d $$\mathcal{N}=4 $$ SYM and 3d ABJM
Abstract
Scattering amplitudes in 4d N=4 super Yang-Mills theory (SYM) can be described by Grassmannian contour integrals whose form depends on whether the external data is encoded in momentum space, twistor space, or momentum twistor space. Here, after a pedagogical review, we present a new, streamlined proof of the equivalence of the three integral formulations. A similar strategy allows us to derive a new Grassmannian integral for 3d N = 6 ABJM theory amplitudes in momentum twistor space: it is a contour integral in an orthogonal Grassmannian with the novel property that the internal metric depends on the external data. The result can be viewed as a central step towards developing an amplituhedron formulation for ABJM amplitudes. Various properties of Grassmannian integrals are examined, including boundary properties, pole structure, and a homological interpretation of the global residue theorems for N = 4 SYM.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States). Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics and Randall Lab. of Physics, Dept. of Physics
- National Taiwan Univ., Taipei (Taiwan). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States). Dept. of Mathematics
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE; National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1440977
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0011719; PHY-0953232; FG02-95ER40899; DMS-1160726; F031543
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 2014; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479
- Publisher:
- Springer Berlin
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Scattering Amplitudes; Supersymmetric gauge theory; Differential and Algebraic Geometry
Citation Formats
Elvang, Henriette, Huang, Yu-tin, Keeler, Cynthia, Lam, Thomas, Olson, Timothy M., Roland, Samuel B., and Speyer, David E. Grassmannians for scattering amplitudes in 4d $\mathcal{N}=4 $ SYM and 3d ABJM. United States: N. p., 2014.
Web. doi:10.1007/JHEP12(2014)181.
Elvang, Henriette, Huang, Yu-tin, Keeler, Cynthia, Lam, Thomas, Olson, Timothy M., Roland, Samuel B., & Speyer, David E. Grassmannians for scattering amplitudes in 4d $\mathcal{N}=4 $ SYM and 3d ABJM. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2014)181
Elvang, Henriette, Huang, Yu-tin, Keeler, Cynthia, Lam, Thomas, Olson, Timothy M., Roland, Samuel B., and Speyer, David E. Wed .
"Grassmannians for scattering amplitudes in 4d $\mathcal{N}=4 $ SYM and 3d ABJM". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2014)181. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1440977.
@article{osti_1440977,
title = {Grassmannians for scattering amplitudes in 4d $\mathcal{N}=4 $ SYM and 3d ABJM},
author = {Elvang, Henriette and Huang, Yu-tin and Keeler, Cynthia and Lam, Thomas and Olson, Timothy M. and Roland, Samuel B. and Speyer, David E.},
abstractNote = {Scattering amplitudes in 4d N=4 super Yang-Mills theory (SYM) can be described by Grassmannian contour integrals whose form depends on whether the external data is encoded in momentum space, twistor space, or momentum twistor space. Here, after a pedagogical review, we present a new, streamlined proof of the equivalence of the three integral formulations. A similar strategy allows us to derive a new Grassmannian integral for 3d N = 6 ABJM theory amplitudes in momentum twistor space: it is a contour integral in an orthogonal Grassmannian with the novel property that the internal metric depends on the external data. The result can be viewed as a central step towards developing an amplituhedron formulation for ABJM amplitudes. Various properties of Grassmannian integrals are examined, including boundary properties, pole structure, and a homological interpretation of the global residue theorems for N = 4 SYM.},
doi = {10.1007/JHEP12(2014)181},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1440977},
journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)},
issn = {1029-8479},
number = 12,
volume = 2014,
place = {United States},
year = {2014},
month = {12}
}
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