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arxiv: 1406.2055 · v3 · pith:RVHVON4Bnew · submitted 2014-06-09 · ✦ hep-th

An analytic result for the two-loop seven-point MHV amplitude in N=4 SYM

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keywords amplitudeanalyticclusterexplicitseven-pointtwo-loopaddedadditive
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We describe a general algorithm which builds on several pieces of data available in the literature to construct explicit analytic formulas for two-loop MHV amplitudes in N=4 super-Yang-Mills theory. The non-classical part of an amplitude is built from $A_3$ cluster polylogarithm functions; classical polylogarithms with (negative) cluster X-coordinate arguments are added to complete the symbol of the amplitude; beyond-the-symbol terms proportional to $\pi^2$ are determined by comparison with the differential of the amplitude; and the overall additive constant is fixed by the collinear limit. We present an explicit formula for the seven-point amplitude $R_7^{(2)}$ as a sample application.

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