New expressions for gravitational scattering amplitudes

Hodges, A

11 July 2013

Journal:

Journal of High Energy Physics

Last Updated:

2019-06-02T14:22:28.893+01:00

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2013

DOI:

10.1007/jhep07(2013)075

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abstract:

New methods are introduced for the description and evaluation of tree-level gravitational scattering amplitudes. An N=7 super-symmetric recursion, free from spurious double poles, gives a more efficient method for evaluating MHV amplitudes. The recursion is naturally associated with twistor geometry, and thereby gives a new interpretation for the amplitudes. The recursion leads to new expressions for the MHV amplitudes for six and seven gravitons, simplifying their symmetry properties, and suggesting further generalization. The N=7 recursion is valid for all tree amplitudes, and we illustrate it with a simplified expression for the six-graviton NMHV amplitude. Further new structure emerges when MHV amplitudes are expressed in terms of momentum twistors.

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