Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2010-11-08
JHEP 1101:134,2011
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
26 pages, 10 figures. v2: typos fixed, comments added
Scientific paper
10.1007/JHEP01(2011)134
We calculate form factors of half-BPS operators in N=4 super Yang-Mills theory at tree level and one loop using novel applications of recursion relations and unitarity. In particular, we determine the expression of the one-loop form factors with two scalars and an arbitrary number of positive-helicity gluons. These quantities resemble closely the MHV scattering amplitudes, including holomorphicity of the tree-level form factor, and the expansion in terms of two-mass easy box functions of the one-loop result. Next, we compare our result for these form factors to the calculation of a particular periodic Wilson loop at one loop, finding agreement. This suggests a novel duality relating form factors to periodic Wilson loops.
Brandhuber Andreas
Spence Bill
Travaglini Gabriele
Yang Gang
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