The all-loop integrand for scattering amplitudes in planar N = 4 SYM

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Arkani Hamed, N ^a   Bourjaily, J ^a,b   Cachazo, F ^a,c   Caron Huot, S ^a   Trnka, J ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extended supersymmetry; Gauge symmetry; Supersymmetric gauge theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053092049     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP01(2011)041     Document Type: Article

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