The structure of amplitudes in gauge theory
The structure of amplitudes in gauge theory
- Event time: 1:00pm
- Event date: 31st May 2013
- Speaker: Ruth Britto (Trinity College Dublin)
- Location: CSEC Lecture Theatre, James Clerk Maxwell Building (JCMB) James Clerk Maxwell Building Peter Guthrie Tait Road Edinburgh EH9 3FD GB
Event details
These are topical talks covering a wide range of theoretical subjects aimed at the level of graduate students and non-expert-but-interested theoretical physicists.
Abstract
Observing new physics at hadron colliders requires a detailed description of multi-particle scattering events. It is not practical to evaluate Feynman diagrams directly for all significant processes. Moreover, adding all diagrams reveals many cancellations: scattering amplitudes in gauge theories such as QCD take remarkably simple forms. This simplicity is a clue that the perturbative theory is best understood without reference to Feynman diagrams. In fact, it has recently become possible to explain some of this simplicity and derive amplitudes efficiently and elegantly. Symmetry can be preserved by working recursively on the mass shell: amplitudes are expressed in terms of other amplitudes, based on analysis of their singularities. I will describe these insights and some applications.
Doors will be open at 12.45pm, directions will be posted from the foyer.
The Colloquium will be followed by coffee at 2pm in the CSEC Reading Room.
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