Minimal Kinematics: An All and Peek into Trop+G( , )

In this note, we present a formula for the Cachazo-Early-Guevara-Mizera (CEGM) generalized biadjoint amplitudes for all and n on what we call the minimal kinematics. We prove that on the minimal kinematics, the scattering equations on the configuration space of points on ℂℙᵏ⁻¹ have a unique solu...

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Hauptverfasser: Cachazo, Freddy, Early, Nick
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description In this note, we present a formula for the Cachazo-Early-Guevara-Mizera (CEGM) generalized biadjoint amplitudes for all and n on what we call the minimal kinematics. We prove that on the minimal kinematics, the scattering equations on the configuration space of points on ℂℙᵏ⁻¹ have a unique solution, and that this solution is in the image of a Veronese embedding. The minimal kinematics is a generalization of the one recently introduced by Early for = 2 and uses a choice of cyclic ordering. We conjecture an explicit formula for ⁽ᵏ⁾ₙ( , ), which we have checked analytically through = 10 for all k. The answer is a simple rational function which has only simple poles; the poles have the combinatorial structure of the circulant graph C⁽¹’²’ ˙˙˙’ ᵏ⁻²⁾ₙ. Generalized biadjoint amplitudes can also be evaluated using the positive tropical Grassmannian Tr+G( , ) in terms of generalized planar Feynman diagrams. We find perfect agreement between both definitions for all cases where the latter is known in the literature. In particular, this gives the first strong consistency check on the 90608 planar arrays for Tr+G(4,8) recently computed by Cachazo, Guevara, Umbert, and Zhang. We also introduce another class of special kinematics called planar-basis kinematics, which generalizes the one introduced by Cachazo, He, and Yuan for = 2 and uses the planar basis recently introduced by Early for all . Based on numerical computations through = 8 for all k, we conjecture that on the planar-basis kinematics ⁽ᵏ⁾ₙ( , ) evaluates to the multidimensional Catalan numbers, suggesting the possibility of novel combinatorial interpretations. For = 2, these are the standard Catalan numbers.
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Minimal Kinematics: An All and Peek into Trop+G( , ). Freddy Cachazo and Nick Early. SIGMA 17 (2021), 078, 22 pages
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2020 Mathematics Subject Classification: 14M15; 05E99; 14T99
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https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/211345
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In this note, we present a formula for the Cachazo-Early-Guevara-Mizera (CEGM) generalized biadjoint amplitudes for all and n on what we call the minimal kinematics. We prove that on the minimal kinematics, the scattering equations on the configuration space of points on ℂℙᵏ⁻¹ have a unique solution, and that this solution is in the image of a Veronese embedding. The minimal kinematics is a generalization of the one recently introduced by Early for = 2 and uses a choice of cyclic ordering. We conjecture an explicit formula for ⁽ᵏ⁾ₙ( , ), which we have checked analytically through = 10 for all k. The answer is a simple rational function which has only simple poles; the poles have the combinatorial structure of the circulant graph C⁽¹’²’ ˙˙˙’ ᵏ⁻²⁾ₙ. Generalized biadjoint amplitudes can also be evaluated using the positive tropical Grassmannian Tr+G( , ) in terms of generalized planar Feynman diagrams. We find perfect agreement between both definitions for all cases where the latter is known in the literature. In particular, this gives the first strong consistency check on the 90608 planar arrays for Tr+G(4,8) recently computed by Cachazo, Guevara, Umbert, and Zhang. We also introduce another class of special kinematics called planar-basis kinematics, which generalizes the one introduced by Cachazo, He, and Yuan for = 2 and uses the planar basis recently introduced by Early for all . Based on numerical computations through = 8 for all k, we conjecture that on the planar-basis kinematics ⁽ᵏ⁾ₙ( , ) evaluates to the multidimensional Catalan numbers, suggesting the possibility of novel combinatorial interpretations. For = 2, these are the standard Catalan numbers.
We would like to thank A. Guevara for useful discussions. This research was supported in part by a grant from the Gluskin Sheff/Onex Freeman Dyson Chair in Theoretical Physics and by Perimeter Institute. Research at Perimeter Institute is supported in part by the Government of Canada through the Department of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada and by the Province of Ontario through the Ministry of Colleges and Universities.
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Minimal Kinematics: An All and Peek into Trop+G( , )
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title Minimal Kinematics: An All and Peek into Trop+G( , )
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title_fullStr Minimal Kinematics: An All and Peek into Trop+G( , )
title_full_unstemmed Minimal Kinematics: An All and Peek into Trop+G( , )
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