PIRSA:11080052 Conference

DOI10.48660/11080052

Conference/School: Integrability in Gauge/String Theories

Skinner, D. (2011). Twistor Methods in N=4 SYM. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/11080052

Skinner, David. Twistor Methods in N=4 SYM. Perimeter Institute, Aug. 18, 2011, https://pirsa.org/11080052 

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  author = {Skinner, David},
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  language = {en},
  title = {Twistor Methods in N=4 SYM},
  publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
  year = {2011},
  month = {aug},
  note = {PIRSA:11080052 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
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Abstract

I review how N=4 SYM can be reformulated as a theory on twistor space, and explain various calculations that have been performed there. In particular, twistors turn out to be a powerful tool for investigating the duality between scattering amplitudes and null polygonal Wilson Loops in the planar limit. The BCFW recursion relations are interpreted as the loop equations for a supersymmetric generalization of the Wilson Loop.

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