Gravity in twistor space and its Grassmannian formulation

DOI10.3842/SIGMA.2014.051zbMATH Open1296.81160arXiv1207.4712MaRDI QIDQ401223

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Publication date: 26 August 2014

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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.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1207.4712

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