Gravity in twistor space and its Grassmannian formulation

DOI10.3842/SIGMA.2014.051MaRDI QIDQ401223zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Freddy Cachazo, D. Skinner, L. J. Mason

Publication date 26 August 2014

Published in SIGMA. Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1207.4712, http://www.emis.de/journals/SIGMA/2014/051/index.html

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zbMATH Keywords

gravityscattering amplitudestwistor theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of vector bundles and moduli spaces in mathematical physics (twistor theory, instantons, quantum field theory) (14D21) Spinor and twistor methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R25) Unified quantum theories (81V22) Supergravity (83E50) Twistor methods in differential geometry (53C28) (S)-matrix theory, etc. in quantum theory (81U20)

Abstract: We prove the formula for the complete tree-level $S$-matrix of $mathcalN=8$ supergravity recently conjectured by two of the authors. The proof proceeds by showing that the new formula satisfies the same BCFW recursion relations that physical amplitudes are known to satisfy, with the same initial conditions. As part of the proof, the behavior of the new formula under large BCFW deformations is studied. An unexpected bonus of the analysis is a very straightforward proof of the enigmatic $1/z^2$ behavior of gravity. In addition, we provide a description of gravity amplitudes as a multidimensional contour integral over a Grassmannian. The Grassmannian formulation has a very simple structure; in the N${}^{k-2}$MHV sector the integrand is essentially the product of that of an MHV and an $overlinemMHV$ amplitude, with $k+1$ and $n-k-1$ particles respectively.

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