Colour-Kinematics duality for one-loop rational amplitudes

A bstract Colour-kinematics duality is the conjecture of a group theory-like structure for the kinematic dependence of scattering amplitudes in gauge theory and gravity. This structure has been verified at tree level in various ways, but similar progress to all multiplicity has been lacking at loop...

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Veröffentlicht in:The journal of high energy physics 2013-04, Vol.2013 (4), p.1-31, Article 107
Hauptverfasser: Boels, Rutger H., Isermann, Reinke Sven, Monteiro, Ricardo, O’Connell, Donal
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Zusammenfassung:A bstract Colour-kinematics duality is the conjecture of a group theory-like structure for the kinematic dependence of scattering amplitudes in gauge theory and gravity. This structure has been verified at tree level in various ways, but similar progress to all multiplicity has been lacking at loop level, where the power of the duality would be most significant. Here we explore colour-kinematics duality at one loop using the self-dual sector as a starting point. The duality is shown to exist in pure Yang-Mills theory for two infinite classes of amplitudes: amplitudes with any number of particles either all of the same helicity or with one particle helicity opposite the rest. We provide a simple Lagrangian-based argument in favour of the double copy relation between gauge theory and gravity amplitudes in these classes, and provide some explicit examples. We further discuss aspects of the duality which persist after integration, leading to relations among partial amplitudes. Finally, we describe form factors in the self-dual theory at tree level which also satisfy the duality.
ISSN:1029-8479
1029-8479
DOI:10.1007/JHEP04(2013)107