2016/02/29 by Rouven Frassek, Frassek, Rouven, David Meidinger +1
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI) #FOS: Physical sciences #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #Mathematical Physics (math-ph) #hep-th #math-ph #math.MP #nlin.SI
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1603.00088
6 pages, 3 figures
arxiv created 2016/02/29 · arxiv updated 2016/03/02
We take up the study of integrable structures behind non-planar contributions to scattering amplitudes in N=4 super Yang-Mills theory. Focusing on leading singularities, we derive the action of the Yangian generators on color-ordered subsets of the external states. Each subset corresponds to a single boundary of the non-planar on-shell diagram. While Yangian invariance is broken, we find that higher-level Yangian generators still annihilate the non-planar on-shell diagram. For a given diagram, the number of these generators is governed by the degree of non-planarity. Furthermore, we present additional identities involving integrable transfer matrices. In particular, for diagrams on a cylinder we obtain a conservation rule similar to the Yangian invariance condition of planar on-shell diagrams. To exemplify our results, we consider a five-point MHV on-shell function on a cylinder.