Document Type
Article
Publication Date
11-10-2019
Abstract
The structure of scattering amplitudes in supergravity theories continues to be of interest. Recently, the amplitude for 2→2 scattering in N=8 supergravity was presented at three-loop order for the first time. The result can be written in terms of an exponentiated one-loop contribution, modulo a remainder function which is free of infrared singularities, but contains leading terms in the high energy Regge limit. We explain the origin of these terms from a well-known, unitarity-restoring exponentiation of the high-energy gravitational S-matrix in impact-parameter space. Furthermore, we predict the existence of similar terms in the remainder function at all higher loop orders. Our results provide a non-trivial cross-check of the recent three-loop calculation, and a necessary consistency constraint for any future calculation at higher loops.
Recommended Citation
Di Vecchia, Paolo; Luna, Andrés; Naculich, Stephen G.; Russo, Rodolfo; Veneziano, Gabriele; and White, Chris D., "A tale of two exponentiations in N=8 supergravity" (2019). Physics Faculty Publications. 102.
https://digitalcommons.bowdoin.edu/physics-faculty-publications/102