Gauge theory one-loop amplitudes and the BCFW recursion relations

Details Gauge theory one-loop amplitudes and the BCFW recursion relations Gauge theory one-loop amplitudes and the BCFW recursion relations

2011-11-22

arxiv.org/abs/1111.5278v1

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

15 pages, 7 figures

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We calculate gauge theory one-loop amplitudes with the aid of the complex shift used in the Britto-Cachazo-Feng-Witten (BCFW) recursion relations of tree amplitudes. We apply the shift to the integrand and show that the contribution from the limit of infinite shift vanishes after integrating over the loop momentum, by a judicious choice of basis for polarization vectors. This enables us to write the one-loop amplitude in terms of on-shell tree and lower point one-loop amplitudes. Some of the tree amplitudes are forward amplitudes. We show that their potential singularities do not contribute and the BCFW recursion relations can be applied in such a way as to avoid these singularities altogether. We calculate in detail $n$-point one-loop amplitudes for $n=2,3,4$, and outline the generalization of our method to $n>4$.

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