Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: In this paper we study tree-level amplitudes from higher-dimensional operators, including F 3 operator of gauge theory, and R 2, R 3 operators of gravity, in the Cachazo-He-Yuan formulation. As a generalization of the reduced Pfaffian in Yang-Mills theory, we find a new, gauge-invariant object that leads to gluon amplitudes with a single insertion of F 3, and gravity amplitudes by Kawai-Lewellen-Tye relations. When reduced to four dimensions for given helicities, the new object vanishes for any solution of scattering equations on which the reduced Pfaffian is non-vanishing. This intriguing behavior in four dimensions explains the vanishing of graviton helicity amplitudes produced by the Gauss-Bonnet R 2 term, and provides a scattering-equation origin of the decomposition into self-dual and anti-self-dual parts for F 3 and R 3 amplitudes.
Source: Journal of High Energy Physics
Authors: Song He, Yong Zhang
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
Award: G1039608440
OpenAlex ID: W2517324705