Twistor diagram recursion for all gauge-theoretic tree amplitudes

Abstract

The twistor diagram formalism for scattering amplitudes is introduced, emphasising its finiteness and conformal symmetry. It is shown how MHV amplitudes are simply represented by twistor diagrams. Then the Britto-Cachazo-Feng recursion formula is translated into a simple rule for composing twistor diagrams. It follows that all tree amplitudes in pure gauge-theoretic scattering are expressed naturally as twistor diagrams. Further implications are briefly discussed.