TY - JOUR
T1 - The Loop Momentum Amplituhedron
AU - Ferro, Livia
AU - Łukowski, Tomasz
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PY - 2023/5/22
Y1 - 2023/5/22
N2 - In this paper we focus on scattering amplitudes in maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory and define a long sought-after geometry, the loop momentum amplituhedron, which we conjecture to encode tree and (the integrands of) loop amplitudes in spinor helicity variables. Motivated by the structure of amplitude singularities, we define an extended positive space, which enhances the Grassmannian space featuring at tree level, and a map which associates to each of its points tree-level kinematic variables and loop momenta. The image of this map is the loop momentum amplituhedron. Importantly, our formulation provides a global definition of the loop momenta. We conjecture that for all multiplicities and helicity sectors, there exists a canonical logarithmic differential form defined on this space, and provide its explicit form in a few examples.
AB - In this paper we focus on scattering amplitudes in maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory and define a long sought-after geometry, the loop momentum amplituhedron, which we conjecture to encode tree and (the integrands of) loop amplitudes in spinor helicity variables. Motivated by the structure of amplitude singularities, we define an extended positive space, which enhances the Grassmannian space featuring at tree level, and a map which associates to each of its points tree-level kinematic variables and loop momenta. The image of this map is the loop momentum amplituhedron. Importantly, our formulation provides a global definition of the loop momenta. We conjecture that for all multiplicities and helicity sectors, there exists a canonical logarithmic differential form defined on this space, and provide its explicit form in a few examples.
KW - Scattering Amplitudes
KW - Supersymmetric Gauge Theory
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U2 - 10.1007/jhep05(2023)183
DO - 10.1007/jhep05(2023)183
M3 - Article
SN - 1126-6708
VL - 2023
JO - Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP)
JF - Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP)
IS - 5
M1 - 183
ER -