The S-matrix in twistor space

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Arkani Hamed, N ^a   Cachazo, F ^b   Cheungc, C ^c,d   Kaplane, J ^e  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^b PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Classical theories of gravity; Duality in gauge field theories; Supersymmetric gauge theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954915032     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP03(2010)110     Document Type: Article

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