Rational QCD loop amplitudes and quantum theories on twistor space

Abstract We show how curing an anomaly of the twistor uplift of self-dual Yang-Mills theory implies linear relations among one-loop, n-gluon, color-ordered subamplitudes in QCD, when all n gluon helicities are positive, or when exactly one is negative. We compute the number of linearly independent s...

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Main Authors: Lance J. Dixon, Anthony Morales
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Published: SpringerOpen 2025-03-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2025)188
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description Abstract We show how curing an anomaly of the twistor uplift of self-dual Yang-Mills theory implies linear relations among one-loop, n-gluon, color-ordered subamplitudes in QCD, when all n gluon helicities are positive, or when exactly one is negative. We compute the number of linearly independent subamplitudes as determined by these relations, in terms of unsigned Stirling numbers. Then we use a momentum-twistor parametrization to show that there are no further linear dependencies.
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spelling doaj-art-94dd91c537ef47aebb695985b77bdae12025-08-20T03:10:13ZengSpringerOpenJournal of High Energy Physics1029-84792025-03-012025313110.1007/JHEP03(2025)188Rational QCD loop amplitudes and quantum theories on twistor spaceLance J. Dixon0Anthony Morales1SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford UniversitySLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford UniversityAbstract We show how curing an anomaly of the twistor uplift of self-dual Yang-Mills theory implies linear relations among one-loop, n-gluon, color-ordered subamplitudes in QCD, when all n gluon helicities are positive, or when exactly one is negative. We compute the number of linearly independent subamplitudes as determined by these relations, in terms of unsigned Stirling numbers. Then we use a momentum-twistor parametrization to show that there are no further linear dependencies.https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2025)188Scattering AmplitudesAnomalies in Field and String TheoriesHigher-Order Perturbative Calculations
spellingShingle Lance J. Dixon
Anthony Morales
Rational QCD loop amplitudes and quantum theories on twistor space
Journal of High Energy Physics
Scattering Amplitudes
Anomalies in Field and String Theories
Higher-Order Perturbative Calculations
title Rational QCD loop amplitudes and quantum theories on twistor space
title_full Rational QCD loop amplitudes and quantum theories on twistor space
title_fullStr Rational QCD loop amplitudes and quantum theories on twistor space
title_full_unstemmed Rational QCD loop amplitudes and quantum theories on twistor space
title_short Rational QCD loop amplitudes and quantum theories on twistor space
title_sort rational qcd loop amplitudes and quantum theories on twistor space
topic Scattering Amplitudes
Anomalies in Field and String Theories
Higher-Order Perturbative Calculations
url https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2025)188
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