Proof of the MHV vertex expansion for all tree amplitudes in N = 4 SYM theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2009, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Elvang, Henriette ^a   Freedman, Daniel Z ^b,c   Kiermaier, Michael ^b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extended supersymmetry; Supersymmetric gauge theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350004652     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2009/06/068     Document Type: Article

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