Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2009-07-14
JHEP 1007:045,2010
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
18 pages, v2: note added
Scientific paper
10.1007/JHEP07(2010)045
We present and prove a formula for the MHV scattering amplitude of n gravitons at tree level. Some of the more interesting features of the formula, which set it apart as being significantly different from many more familiar formulas, include the absence of any vestigial reference to a cyclic ordering of the gravitons--making it in a sense a truly gravitational formula, rather than a recycled Yang-Mills result, and the fact that it simultaneously manifests both S_{n-2} symmetry as well as large-z behavior that is O(1/z^2) term-by-term, without relying on delicate cancellations. The formula is seemingly related to others by an enormous simplification provided by O(n^n) iterated Schouten identities, but our proof relies on a complex analysis argument rather than such a brute force manipulation. We find that the formula has a very simple link representation in twistor space, where cancellations that are non-obvious in physical space become manifest.
Nguyen Dung
Spradlin Marcus
Volovich Anastasia
Wen Congkao
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