A note on generalized hypergeometric functions, KZ solutions, and gluon amplitudes

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2016.03.032zbMATH Open1336.33034arXiv1512.06476OpenAlexW2212476511MaRDI QIDQ287463FDOQ287463

Authors: Yasuhiro Abe 

Publication date: 26 May 2016

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Some aspects of Aomoto's generalized hypergeometric functions on Grassmannian spaces $Gr(k+1,n+1)$ are reviewed. Particularly, their integral representations in terms of twisted homology and cohomology are clarified with an example of the $Gr(2,4)$ case which corresponds to Gauss' hypergeometric functions. The cases of $Gr(2,n+1)$ in general lead to $(n+1)$-point solutions of the Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov (KZ) equation. We further analyze the Schechtman-Varchenko integral representations of the KZ solutions in relation to the $Gr(k+1,n+1)$ cases. We show that holonomy operators of the so-called KZ connections can be interpreted as hypergeometric-type integrals. This result leads to an improved description of a recently proposed holonomy formalism for gluon amplitudes. We also present a (co)homology interpretation of Grassmannian formulations for scattering amplitudes in $calN=4$ super Yang-Mills theory.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1512.06476

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Grassmannians, Schubert varieties, flag manifolds (14M15) Gromov-Witten invariants, quantum cohomology, Gopakumar-Vafa invariants, Donaldson-Thomas invariants (algebro-geometric aspects) (14N35) Completely integrable infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems, integration methods, integrability tests, integrable hierarchies (KdV, KP, Toda, etc.) (37K10) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to quantum theory (81-02) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics (81T60) (2)-body potential quantum scattering theory (81U05) Other hypergeometric functions and integrals in several variables (33C70)

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