
arXiv: 1812.01168
In this paper we study an algebra that naturally combines two familiar operations in scattering amplitudes: computations of volumes of polytopes using triangulations and constructions of canonical forms from products of smaller ones. We mainly concentrate on the case of $G(2,n)$ as it controls both general MHV leading singularities and CHY integrands for a variety of theories. This commutative algebra has also appeared in the study of configuration spaces and we called it the $\Delta$-algebra. As a natural application, we generalize the well-known square move. This allows us to generate infinite families of new moves between non-planar on-shell diagrams. We call them sphere moves. Using the $\Delta$-algebra we derive familiar results, such as the KK and BCJ relations, and prove novel formulas for higher-order relations. Finally, we comment on generalizations to $G(k,n)$.
Comment: 36+13 pages
Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations, High Energy Physics - Theory, Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics, field theories in higher dimensions, Mathematics - Combinatorics, supersymmetric gauge theory, \(S\)-matrix theory, etc. in quantum theory, scattering amplitudes
Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations, High Energy Physics - Theory, Supersymmetric field theories in quantum mechanics, field theories in higher dimensions, Mathematics - Combinatorics, supersymmetric gauge theory, \(S\)-matrix theory, etc. in quantum theory, scattering amplitudes
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