Pfaffian Diagrams for Gluon Tree Amplitudes

Abstract

Pfaffian diagrams are formulated to represent gluon amplitudes computed from the Cachazo-He-Yuan (CHY) formula. They may be regarded as a systematic regrouping of Feynman diagrams after internal momenta are expanded and products of vertex factors are evaluated. This reprocessing enables gluon amplitudes expressed in Pfaffian diagrams to contain less terms. For example, there are 19 terms for the four-point amplitude in Pfaffian diagrams, and 35 terms in Feynman diagrams. Gauge invariance is simpler and more explicit in Pfaffian diagrams, in that subset of diagrams with the same root configuration are already gauge invariant in all lines but two. In getting to these results, several technical difficulties must be overcome. Double poles must be converted to simple poles, integrations must be carried out directly and formulated into simple rules, and the three \M constant lines must be suitably chosen to minimize the number of terms present.