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Elliptic, Yangian-Invariant “Leading Singularity”

Jacob L. Bourjaily1,2, Nikhil Kalyanapuram1, Cameron Langer1, Kokkimidis Patatoukos1, and Marcus Spradlin3,4

  • 1Institute for Gravitation and the Cosmos, Department of Physics, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA
  • 2Niels Bohr International Academy and Discovery Center, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
  • 3Department of Physics, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA
  • 4Brown Theoretical Physics Center, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island 02912, USA

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 201601 – Published 17 May, 2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.201601

Abstract

We derive closed formulas for the first examples of nonalgebraic, elliptic “leading singularities” in planar, maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory and show that they are Yangian invariant.

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Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 201601– Published 17 May, 2021
  • Received 1 January 2021
  • Accepted 8 April 2021
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