Reggeization of N=8 Supergravity and N=4 Yang-Mills Theory II

Abstract

The loop expansion for the n-point functions of N=4 Yang-Mills theory and N=8 supergravity can be formulated as the loop expansion of scalar field theory with an infinite subclass being the ladder diagrams. We consider the sum of ladder diagrams for gluon-gluon and graviton-graviton scattering in the Regge limit. The reggeization of the gluon and the graviton is discussed in this context and that of hep-th/0701217. If the Bern, Dixon, Smirnov conjecture for planar gluon-gluon scattering is correct, then the ladder sum for SU(N) gauge theory at large N, correctly gives the Regge limit, with Regge trajectory function proportional to the cusp anomalous dimension. In graviton-graviton scattering it is argued that the graviton lies on a Regge trajectory. Regge cuts are also present due to infinite sums of non-planar graphs. The multiple exchange of Regge poles in non-planar graphs can give a countable infinite number of moving Regge cuts which accumulate near s=0. It is conjectured that this may be related to the infinite number of non-perturbative massless states which remain in the limit discussed by Green, Ooguri and Schwarz.