Published December 31, 2014
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Singularity Structure of Maximally Supersymmetric Scattering Amplitudes
Abstract
We present evidence that loop amplitudes in maximally supersymmetric (N=4) Yang-Mills theory (SYM) beyond the planar limit share some of the remarkable structures of the planar theory. In particular, we show that through two loops, the four-particle amplitude in full N=4 SYM has only logarithmic singularities and is free of any poles at infinity—properties closely related to uniform transcendentality and the UV finiteness of the theory. We also briefly comment on implications for maximal (N=8) supergravity theory (SUGRA).
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© 2014 American Physical Society. Received 4 October 2014; published 29 December 2014. We thank Zvi Bern, Lance Dixon, Enrico Herrmann, Sean Litsey, and James Stankowicz for helpful discussions. N. A.-H. is supported by the Department of Energy under grant number DE-FG02-91ER40654; J. B. is supported by a MOBILEX grant from the Danish Council for Independent Research; F. C. is supported by the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics which is supported by the Government of Canada through Industry Canada and by the Province of Ontario through the Ministry of Research & Innovation; and J. T. is supported in part by the David and Ellen Lee Postdoctoral Scholarship and by the Department of Energy under grant number DE-SC0011632.Attached Files
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- Alternative title
- On the Singularity Structure of Maximally Supersymmetric Scattering Amplitudes
- Eprint ID
- 52925
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20141216-210539178
- DE-FG02-91ER40654
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- Danish Council for Independent Research
- Industry Canada
- Province of Ontario
- David and Ellen Lee Postdoctoral Scholarship
- DE-SC0011632
- Department of Energy (DOE)
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2014-12-17Created from EPrint's datestamp field
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2021-11-10Created from EPrint's last_modified field
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- Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics
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- CALT-TH
- Other Numbering System Identifier
- 2014-154