A proof of the explicit minimal-basis expansion of tree amplitudes in gauge field theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2011, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Chen, Yi Xin ^a   Du, Yi Jian ^a,c   Feng, Bo ^b,c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Duality in gauge field theories; QCD

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053273364     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP02(2011)112     Document Type: Article

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