The one-loop six-dimensional hexagon integral and its relation to MHV amplitudes in N = 4 SYM

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Dixon, Lance J ^a,b   Drummond, James M ^a,c   Henn, Johannes M ^d  

^a CERN   (Switzerland)

^b SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE SAVOIE   (France)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conformal and W symmetry; Field theories in higher dimensions; Supersymmetric gauge theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053158597     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP06(2011)100     Document Type: Article

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