Generating tree amplitudes in N = 4 SYM and N = 8 SG

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2008, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Bianchi, Massimo ^a,b   Elvang, Henriette ^d   Freedman, Daniel Z ^c,d,e  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extended supersymmetry; Supergravity models; Supersymmetric gauge theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149303044     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2008/09/063     Document Type: Article

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