The cluster bootstrap for amplitudes/Wilson loops

Particle Physics Theory seminar

The cluster bootstrap for amplitudes/Wilson loops

  • Event time: 2:00pm
  • Event date: 2nd March 2016
  • Speaker: James Drummond (University of Southampton)
  • Location: Higgs Centre Seminar Room, Room 4305,

Event details

I will discuss the implications of a cluster algebraic structure governing the scattering amplitudes of planar N=4 super Yang-Mills theory. Combined with a perturbative bootstrap approach, this structure can be used to construct previously unknown amplitudes with very little additional input. It also reveals a uniform approach for discussing various kinematic all limits of interest.

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