PIRSA:11080052

Twistor Methods in N=4 SYM

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 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:11080052,
            doi = {10.48660/11080052},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/11080052},
            author = {Skinner, David},
            keywords = {},
            language = {en},
            title = {Twistor Methods in N=4 SYM},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2011},
            month = {aug},
            note = {PIRSA:11080052 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

David Skinner University of Cambridge

DOI 10.48660/11080052
Collection
Talk Type Conference

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.