On-shell constructibility of tree amplitudes in general field theories

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Cohen, Timothy ^a   Elvang, Henriette ^a,b   Kiermaier, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extended supersymmetry; Gauge symmetry; Supersymmetric gauge theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053107944     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP04(2011)053     Document Type: Article

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