Amplitudes of 3d Yang Mills Theory

Lipstein, Arthur E.; Mason, Lionel

Abstract

This paper studies various properties of amplitudes in 3d super Yang Mills theory. First we explain how to obtain the amplitudes of 3d super Yang Mills theories from 4d super Yang Mills theories and obtain their helicity structure. Next, we use a 3d BFCW recursion relation to show that the tree amplitudes and loop integrands of maximal 3d super Yang Mills have dual conformal covariance (although not invariance, so that the amplitudes themselves are not dual conformal). Finally, we argue that the one-loop amplitudes of maximal 3d super Yang-Mills can be reduced to scalar box diagrams and evaluate these diagrams using dimensional regularization. We find that the one-loop MHV amplitudes vanish and the one-loop non-MHV amplitudes are finite.

Citation

Lipstein, A. E., & Mason, L. (2013). Amplitudes of 3d Yang Mills Theory. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2013(01), Article 009. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep01%282013%29009

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2013-01
• Deposit Date: Feb 22, 2016
• Journal: Journal of High Energy Physics
• Print ISSN: 1126-6708
• Publisher: Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 2013
• Issue: 01
• Article Number: 009
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep01%282013%29009