The two-loop six-point amplitude in ABJM theory

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2013, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Caron Huot, S ^a,c   Huang, Yu Tin ^a,b,d  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Chern Simons Theories; Field Theories in Lower Dimensions; Scattering Amplitudes; Supersymmetric gauge theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876254954     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP03(2013)075     Document Type: Article

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