Dissolving N=4 loop amplitudes into QCD tree amplitudes

Dec, 2004
8 pages
Published in:
  • Phys.Rev.Lett. 94 (2005) 102002
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Report number:
  • NSF-KITP-04-135,
  • PUPT-2147

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Abstract:
We use the infrared consistency of one-loop amplitudes in N=4 Yang-Mills theory to derive a compact analytic formula for a tree-level NNMHV gluon scattering amplitude in QCD, the first such formula known. We argue that the IR conditions, coupled with recent advances in calculating one-loop box coefficients, can give a new tool for computing tree-level amplitudes in general. Our calculation suggests that many amplitudes have a structure which is even simpler than that revealed so far by current twistor-space constructions.
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  • gauge field theory: Yang-Mills
  • scattering amplitude: higher-order
  • analytic properties