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Title: Direct Proof of the Tree-Level Scattering Amplitude Recursion Relation in Yang-Mills Theory

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
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  1. School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 (United States)

Recently, by using the known structure of one-loop scattering amplitudes for gluons in Yang-Mills theory, a recursion relation for tree-level scattering amplitudes has been deduced. Here, we give a short and direct proof of this recursion relation based on properties of tree-level amplitudes only.

OSTI ID:
20696253
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 94, Issue 18; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.181602; (c) 2005 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0031-9007
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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