scholarly journals Scattering amplitudes and BCFW recursion in twistor space

2010 ◽  
Vol 2010 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Lionel Mason ◽  
David Skinner
Keyword(s):  
Scattering Amplitudes ◽  
Twistor Space

YANG-MILLS AMPLITUDES FROM STRING THEORY IN TWISTOR SPACE

2005 ◽  
Vol 20 (15) ◽  
pp. 3416-3419 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARCUS SPRADLIN
Keyword(s):  
Scattering Amplitudes ◽  
String Theory ◽  
Twistor Space ◽  
Mathematical Structure ◽  
Feynman Diagrams ◽  
Tree Level ◽  
Algebraic Equations ◽  
Yang Mills

Tree-level gluon scattering amplitudes in Yang-Mills theory frequently display simple mathematical structure which is completely obscure in the calculation of Feynman diagrams. We describe a novel way of calculating these amplitudes, motivated by a conjectured relation to twistor space, in which the problem of summing Feynman diagrams is replaced by the problem of solving a certain set of algebraic equations.

scholarly journals A note on letters of Yangian invariants

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Song He ◽  
Zhenjie Li
Keyword(s):  
Scattering Amplitudes ◽  
Twistor Space ◽  
Cluster Algebra ◽  
Polynomial Equations ◽  
Algebraic Problem ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Loop Amplitudes

Abstract Motivated by reformulating Yangian invariants in planar $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 SYM directly as d log forms on momentum-twistor space, we propose a purely algebraic problem of determining the arguments of the d log’s, which we call “letters”, for any Yangian invariant. These are functions of momentum twistors Z ’s, given by the positive coordinates α’s of parametrizations of the matrix C(α), evaluated on the support of polynomial equations C(α) · Z = 0. We provide evidence that the letters of Yangian invariants are related to the cluster algebra of Grassmannian G(4, n), which is relevant for the symbol alphabet of n-point scattering amplitudes. For n = 6, 7, the collection of letters for all Yangian invariants contains the cluster $$ \mathcal{A} $$ A coordinates of G(4, n). We determine algebraic letters of Yangian invariant associated with any “four-mass” box, which for n = 8 reproduce the 18 multiplicative-independent, algebraic symbol letters discovered recently for two-loop amplitudes.

scholarly journals $$ \mathcal{N} $$ = 7 On-shell diagrams and supergravity amplitudes in momentum twistor space

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Connor Armstrong ◽  
Joseph A. Farrow ◽  
Arthur E. Lipstein
Keyword(s):  
Scattering Amplitudes ◽  
Twistor Space ◽  
Tree Level ◽  
Yang Mills

Abstract We derive an on-shell diagram recursion for tree-level scattering amplitudes in $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 7 supergravity. The diagrams are evaluated in terms of Grassmannian integrals and momentum twistors, generalising previous results of Hodges in momentum twistor space to non-MHV amplitudes. In particular, we recast five and six-point NMHV amplitudes in terms of $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 7 R-invariants analogous to those of $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 super-Yang-Mills, which makes cancellation of spurious poles more transparent. Above 5-points, this requires defining momentum twistors with respect to different orderings of the external momenta.

scholarly journals Conformal higher spin scattering amplitudes from twistor space

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Adamo ◽  
Philipp Hähnel ◽  
Tristan McLoughlin
Keyword(s):  
Scattering Amplitudes ◽  
Twistor Space ◽  
Higher Spin ◽  
Spin Scattering

scholarly journals Scattering amplitudes and Wilson loops in twistor space

2011 ◽  
Vol 44 (45) ◽  
pp. 454008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Adamo ◽  
Mathew Bullimore ◽  
Lionel Mason ◽  
David Skinner
Keyword(s):  
Scattering Amplitudes ◽  
Twistor Space ◽  
Wilson Loops

scholarly journals Isospin-1/2 Dπ scattering and the lightest $$ {D}_0^{\ast } $$ resonance from lattice QCD

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Luke Gayer ◽  
Nicolas Lang ◽  
Sinéad M. Ryan ◽  
David Tims ◽  
Christopher E. Thomas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Scattering Amplitudes ◽  
Lattice Qcd ◽  
Quark Mass ◽  
Light Quark ◽  
Energy Levels ◽  
Experimental Result ◽  
Infinite Volume ◽  
Resonance Pole ◽  
Strongly Coupled ◽  
Light Quark Mass

Abstract Isospin-1/2 Dπ scattering amplitudes are computed using lattice QCD, working in a single volume of approximately (3.6 fm)3 and with a light quark mass corresponding to mπ ≈ 239 MeV. The spectrum of the elastic Dπ energy region is computed yielding 20 energy levels. Using the Lüscher finite-volume quantisation condition, these energies are translated into constraints on the infinite-volume scattering amplitudes and hence enable us to map out the energy dependence of elastic Dπ scattering. By analytically continuing a range of scattering amplitudes, a $$ {D}_0^{\ast } $$ D 0 ∗ resonance pole is consistently found strongly coupled to the S-wave Dπ channel, with a mass m ≈ 2200 MeV and a width Γ ≈ 400 MeV. Combined with earlier work investigating the $$ {D}_{s0}^{\ast } $$ D s 0 ∗ , and $$ {D}_0^{\ast } $$ D 0 ∗ with heavier light quarks, similar couplings between each of these scalar states and their relevant meson-meson scattering channels are determined. The mass of the $$ {D}_0^{\ast } $$ D 0 ∗ is consistently found well below that of the $$ {D}_{s0}^{\ast } $$ D s 0 ∗ , in contrast to the currently reported experimental result.

scholarly journals KLT factorization of winding string amplitudes

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jaume Gomis ◽  
Ziqi Yan ◽  
Matthew Yu
Keyword(s):  
Scattering Amplitudes ◽  
Open String ◽  
Closed String ◽  
Open Strings ◽  
Toroidal Compactifications ◽  
Quantum Numbers ◽  
String Amplitudes

Abstract We uncover a Kawai-Lewellen-Tye (KLT)-type factorization of closed string amplitudes into open string amplitudes for closed string states carrying winding and momentum in toroidal compactifications. The winding and momentum closed string quantum numbers map respectively to the integer and fractional winding quantum numbers of open strings ending on a D-brane array localized in the compactified directions. The closed string amplitudes factorize into products of open string scattering amplitudes with the open strings ending on a D-brane configuration determined by closed string data.

scholarly journals Generalized almost even-Clifford manifolds and their twistor spaces

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 96-124
Author(s):  
Luis Fernando Hernández-Moguel ◽  
Rafael Herrera
Keyword(s):  
Twistor Space ◽  
Complex Structure ◽  
Twistor Spaces ◽  
Recent Interest ◽  
Generalized Complex Structure ◽  
Generalized Complex ◽  
Space Construction ◽  
Clifford Structures

Abstract Motivated by the recent interest in even-Clifford structures and in generalized complex and quaternionic geometries, we introduce the notion of generalized almost even-Clifford structure. We generalize the Arizmendi-Hadfield twistor space construction on even-Clifford manifolds to this setting and show that such a twistor space admits a generalized complex structure under certain conditions.

scholarly journals The Adjunction Inequality for Weyl-Harmonic Maps

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-140
Author(s):  
Robert Ream
Keyword(s):  
Minimal Surfaces ◽  
Twistor Space ◽  
Harmonic Maps ◽  
Holomorphic Curves ◽  
Weyl Connection ◽  
Almost Kähler ◽  
Conformal Manifolds

AbstractIn this paper we study an analog of minimal surfaces called Weyl-minimal surfaces in conformal manifolds with a Weyl connection (M4, c, D). We show that there is an Eells-Salamon type correspondence between nonvertical 𝒥-holomorphic curves in the weightless twistor space and branched Weyl-minimal surfaces. When (M, c, J) is conformally almost-Hermitian, there is a canonical Weyl connection. We show that for the canonical Weyl connection, branched Weyl-minimal surfaces satisfy the adjunction inequality\chi \left( {{T_f}\sum } \right) + \chi \left( {{N_f}\sum } \right) \le \pm {c_1}\left( {f*{T^{\left( {1,0} \right)}}M} \right).The ±J-holomorphic curves are automatically Weyl-minimal and satisfy the corresponding equality. These results generalize results of Eells-Salamon and Webster for minimal surfaces in Kähler 4-manifolds as well as their extension to almost-Kähler 4-manifolds by Chen-Tian, Ville, and Ma.

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