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Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
Jacob L. BourjailyNiels Bohr Institute
based on work in collaboration with
S. Franco, D. Galloni, and C. Wen;
E. Herrmann, C. Langer, A. McLeod, and J. Trnka;
N. Arkani-Hamed, F. Cachazo, A. Goncharov, A. Postnikov, and J. Trnka
[arXiv:1911.09106] [arXiv:1909.09131] [arXiv:1608.00006] [arXiv:1412.8475] [arXiv:1212.5605]
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
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Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
Enormous Advances in Understanding Scattering Amplitudes
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
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Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
Enormous Advances in Understanding Scattering Amplitudes
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
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Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
Enormous Advances in Understanding Scattering Amplitudes
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
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Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
Enormous Advances in Understanding Scattering Amplitudes
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
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Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
Enormous Advances in Understanding Scattering Amplitudes
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
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Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
Enormous Advances in Understanding Scattering Amplitudes
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
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Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
Enormous Advances in Understanding Scattering Amplitudes
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
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Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
Enormous Advances in Understanding Scattering Amplitudes
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
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Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv
≡∫
ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics
• on-shell diagrams– bi-colored
, undirected, planar
bi-colored
, directed
, planar
bi-colored
, undirected
, non-planar
bi-colored
, directed
, non-planar
bi-colored, undirected, non-planar• physical symmetries
– trivial symmetries (identities)
Grassmannian Geometry
•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?),(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡ ()
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
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Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv
≡∫
ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics
• on-shell diagrams– bi-colored
, undirected, planar
bi-colored
, directed
, planar
bi-colored
, undirected
, non-planar
bi-colored
, directed
, non-planar
bi-colored, undirected, non-planar• physical symmetries
– trivial symmetries (identities)
Grassmannian Geometry
•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?),(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡ ()
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
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Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv
≡∫
ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics
• on-shell diagrams– bi-colored
, undirected, planar
bi-colored
, directed
, planar
bi-colored
, undirected
, non-planar
bi-colored
, directed
, non-planar
bi-colored, undirected, non-planar• physical symmetries
– trivial symmetries (identities)
Grassmannian Geometry
•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?),(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡ ()
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
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Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics
• on-shell diagrams– bi-colored
, undirected, planar
bi-colored
, directed
, planar
bi-colored
, undirected
, non-planar
bi-colored
, directed
, non-planar
bi-colored, undirected, non-planar• physical symmetries
– trivial symmetries (identities)
Grassmannian Geometry
•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?),(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡ ()
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
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Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics
• on-shell diagrams– bi-colored
, undirected, planar
bi-colored
, directed
, planar
bi-colored
, undirected
, non-planar
bi-colored
, directed
, non-planar
bi-colored, undirected, non-planar• physical symmetries
– trivial symmetries (identities)
Grassmannian Geometry
•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?),(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡ ()
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics
• on-shell diagrams– bi-colored
, undirected, planar
bi-colored
, directed
, planar
bi-colored
, undirected
, non-planar
bi-colored
, directed
, non-planar
bi-colored, undirected, non-planar• physical symmetries
– trivial symmetries (identities)
Grassmannian Geometry
•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?),(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡ ()
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics
• on-shell diagrams– bi-colored
, undirected, planar
bi-colored
, directed
, planar
bi-colored
, undirected
, non-planar
bi-colored
, directed
, non-planar
bi-colored, undirected, non-planar• physical symmetries
– trivial symmetries (identities)
Grassmannian Geometry
•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?),(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡ ()
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics
• on-shell diagrams– bi-colored
, undirected, planar
bi-colored
, directed
, planar
bi-colored
, undirected
, non-planar
bi-colored
, directed
, non-planar
bi-colored, undirected, non-planar• physical symmetries
– trivial symmetries (identities)
Grassmannian Geometry
•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?),(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡ ()
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics
• on-shell diagrams– bi-colored
, undirected, planar
bi-colored
, directed
, planar
bi-colored
, undirected
, non-planar
bi-colored
, directed
, non-planar
bi-colored, undirected, non-planar• physical symmetries
– trivial symmetries (identities)
Grassmannian Geometry
•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?),(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡ ()
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics
• on-shell diagrams– bi-colored
, undirected, planar
bi-colored
, directed
, planar
bi-colored
, undirected
, non-planar
bi-colored
, directed
, non-planar
bi-colored, undirected, non-planar• physical symmetries
– trivial symmetries (identities)
Grassmannian Geometry
•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?),(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡ ()
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics
• on-shell diagrams– bi-colored
, undirected, planar
bi-colored
, directed
, planar
bi-colored
, undirected
, non-planar
bi-colored
, directed
, non-planar
bi-colored, undirected, non-planar• physical symmetries
– trivial symmetries (identities)
Grassmannian Geometry
•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?),(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡ ()
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics
• on-shell diagrams– bi-colored
, undirected, planar
bi-colored
, directed
, planar
bi-colored
, undirected
, non-planar
bi-colored
, directed
, non-planar
bi-colored, undirected, non-planar• physical symmetries
– trivial symmetries (identities)
Grassmannian Geometry
•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?),(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡ ()
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics
• on-shell diagrams– bi-colored
, undirected, planar
bi-colored
, directed
, planar
bi-colored
, undirected
, non-planar
bi-colored
, directed
, non-planar
bi-colored, undirected, non-planar• physical symmetries
– trivial symmetries (identities)
Grassmannian Geometry
•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?),(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡ ()
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics
• on-shell diagrams– bi-colored
, undirected, planar
bi-colored
, directed
, planar
bi-colored
, undirected
, non-planar
bi-colored
, directed
, non-planar
bi-colored, undirected, non-planar• physical symmetries
– trivial symmetries (identities)
Grassmannian Geometry
•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?),(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡ ()
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics
• on-shell diagrams– bi-colored
, undirected, planar
bi-colored
, directed
, planar
bi-colored
, undirected
, non-planar
bi-colored
, directed
, non-planar
bi-colored, undirected, non-planar• physical symmetries
– trivial symmetries (identities)
Grassmannian Geometry
•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?),(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡ ()
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics
• on-shell diagrams– bi-colored
, undirected, planar
bi-colored
, directed
, planar
bi-colored
, undirected
, non-planar
bi-colored
, directed
, non-planar
bi-colored, undirected, non-planar• physical symmetries
– trivial symmetries (identities)
Grassmannian Geometry
•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?),(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡ ()
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics
• on-shell diagrams– bi-colored
, undirected, planar
bi-colored
, directed
, planar
bi-colored
, undirected
, non-planar
bi-colored
, directed
, non-planar
bi-colored, undirected, non-planar• physical symmetries
– trivial symmetries (identities)
Grassmannian Geometry
•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?),(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡ ()
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics
• on-shell diagrams– bi-colored
, undirected, planar
bi-colored
, directed
, planar
bi-colored
, undirected
, non-planar
bi-colored
, directed
, non-planar
bi-colored, undirected, non-planar• physical symmetries
– trivial symmetries (identities)
Grassmannian Geometry
•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?),(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡ ()
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics
• on-shell diagrams– bi-colored
, undirected, planar
bi-colored
, directed
, planar
bi-colored
, undirected
, non-planar
bi-colored
, directed
, non-planar
bi-colored, undirected, non-planar• physical symmetries
– trivial symmetries (identities)
Grassmannian Geometry
•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?),(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡ ()
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics
• on-shell diagrams– bi-colored
, undirected, planar
bi-colored
, directed
, planar
bi-colored
, undirected
, non-planar
bi-colored
, directed
, non-planar
bi-colored, undirected, non-planar• physical symmetries
– trivial symmetries (identities)
⇔Grassmannian Geometry
•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?),(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡
1 α8 α5+α8α14 α5α11 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 1 α10α4+α10α13 α4α7 0 0α3α9 0 0 0 0 0 1 α6 α3+α6α12α9 0 α1 α1α11 0 α1α2 α1α2α7 0 1
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics• on-shell diagrams
– bi-colored
, undirected, planar
bi-colored
, directed
, planar
bi-colored
, undirected
, non-planar
bi-colored
, directed
, non-planar
bi-colored, undirected, non-planar• physical symmetries
– trivial symmetries (identities)
⇔Grassmannian Geometry
•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?),(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡
1 α8 α5+α8α14 α5α11 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 1 α10α4+α10α13 α4α7 0 0α3α9 0 0 0 0 0 1 α6 α3+α6α12α9 0 α1 α1α11 0 α1α2 α1α2α7 0 1
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics• on-shell diagrams
– bi-colored
, undirected, planar
bi-colored
, directed
, planar
bi-colored
, undirected
, non-planar
bi-colored
, directed
, non-planar
bi-colored, undirected, non-planar• physical symmetries
– trivial symmetries (identities)
⇔Grassmannian Geometry•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}
– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?),(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡
1 α8 α5+α8α14 α5α11 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 1 α10α4+α10α13 α4α7 0 0α3α9 0 0 0 0 0 1 α6 α3+α6α12α9 0 α1 α1α11 0 α1α2 α1α2α7 0 1
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics• on-shell diagrams
– bi-colored
, undirected, planar
bi-colored
, directed
, planar
bi-colored
, undirected
, non-planar
bi-colored
, directed
, non-planar
bi-colored, undirected, non-planar• physical symmetries
– trivial symmetries (identities)
⇔Grassmannian Geometry•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}
– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?),(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡
1 α8 α5+α8α14 α5α11 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 1 α10α4+α10α13 α4α7 0 0α3α9 0 0 0 0 0 1 α6 α3+α6α12α9 0 α1 α1α11 0 α1α2 α1α2α7 0 1
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics• on-shell diagrams
– bi-colored
, undirected, planar
bi-colored
, directed
, planar
bi-colored
, undirected
, non-planar
bi-colored
, directed
, non-planar
bi-colored, undirected, non-planar• physical symmetries
– trivial symmetries (identities)
⇔Grassmannian Geometry•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}
– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?),(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms
– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡
1 α8 α5+α8α14 α5α11 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 1 α10α4+α10α13 α4α7 0 0α3α9 0 0 0 0 0 1 α6 α3+α6α12α9 0 α1 α1α11 0 α1α2 α1α2α7 0 1
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics• on-shell diagrams
– bi-colored
, undirected, planar
bi-colored
, directed
, planar
bi-colored
, undirected
, non-planar
bi-colored
, directed
, non-planar
bi-colored, undirected, non-planar
• physical symmetries
– trivial symmetries (identities)
⇔Grassmannian Geometry•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}
– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?),(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms
– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡
1 α8 α5+α8α14 α5α11 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 1 α10α4+α10α13 α4α7 0 0α3α9 0 0 0 0 0 1 α6 α3+α6α12α9 0 α1 α1α11 0 α1α2 α1α2α7 0 1
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics• on-shell diagrams
– bi-colored
, undirected, planar
bi-colored
, directed
, planar
bi-colored
, undirected
, non-planar
bi-colored
, directed
, non-planar
bi-colored, undirected, non-planar
• physical symmetries– trivial symmetries (identities)
⇔Grassmannian Geometry•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}
– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?),(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms
– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡
1 α8 α5+α8α14 α5α11 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 1 α10α4+α10α13 α4α7 0 0α3α9 0 0 0 0 0 1 α6 α3+α6α12α9 0 α1 α1α11 0 α1α2 α1α2α7 0 1
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics• on-shell diagrams
– bi-colored
, undirected, planar
bi-colored
, directed
, planar
bi-colored
, undirected
, non-planar
bi-colored
, directed
, non-planar
bi-colored, undirected, non-planar
• physical symmetries– trivial symmetries (identities)
⇔Grassmannian Geometry•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}
– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?),(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡
1 α8 α5+α8α14 α5α11 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 1 α10α4+α10α13 α4α7 0 0α3α9 0 0 0 0 0 1 α6 α3+α6α12α9 0 α1 α1α11 0 α1α2 α1α2α7 0 1
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics: planar N=4• on-shell diagrams
– bi-colored
, undirected, planar
bi-colored
, directed
, planar
bi-colored
, undirected
, non-planar
bi-colored
, directed
, non-planar
bi-colored, undirected, non-planar
• physical symmetries– trivial symmetries (identities)
⇔Grassmannian Geometry•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}
– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?),(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡
1 α8 α5+α8α14 α5α11 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 1 α10α4+α10α13 α4α7 0 0α3α9 0 0 0 0 0 1 α6 α3+α6α12α9 0 α1 α1α11 0 α1α2 α1α2α7 0 1
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics: planar N=4• on-shell diagrams
– bi-colored
, undirected, planar
bi-colored
, directed
, planar
bi-colored
, undirected
, non-planar
bi-colored
, directed
, non-planar
bi-colored, undirected, non-planar
• physical symmetries– trivial symmetries (identities)
⇔Grassmannian Geometry•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}
– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?),(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡
1 α8 α5+α8α14 α5α11 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 1 α10α4+α10α13 α4α7 0 0α3α9 0 0 0 0 0 1 α6 α3+α6α12α9 0 α1 α1α11 0 α1α2 α1α2α7 0 1
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics: planar N=4• on-shell diagrams
– bi-colored
, undirected, planarbi-colored
, directed
, planar
bi-colored
, undirected
, non-planar
bi-colored
, directed
, non-planar
bi-colored, undirected, non-planar
• physical symmetries– trivial symmetries (identities)
⇔Grassmannian Geometry•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}
– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?),(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡
1 α8 α5+α8α14 α5α11 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 1 α10α4+α10α13 α4α7 0 0α3α9 0 0 0 0 0 1 α6 α3+α6α12α9 0 α1 α1α11 0 α1α2 α1α2α7 0 1
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics: planar N=4• on-shell diagrams
– bi-colored, undirected
, planarbi-colored, directed
, planar
bi-colored, undirected
, non-planar
bi-colored, directed
, non-planar
bi-colored, undirected, non-planar
• physical symmetries– trivial symmetries (identities)
⇔Grassmannian Geometry•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}
– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?),(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡
1 α8 α5+α8α14 α5α11 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 1 α10α4+α10α13 α4α7 0 0α3α9 0 0 0 0 0 1 α6 α3+α6α12α9 0 α1 α1α11 0 α1α2 α1α2α7 0 1
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics: planar N=4• on-shell diagrams
– bi-colored, undirected, planar
bi-colored, directed , planarbi-colored, undirected, non-planarbi-colored, directed , non-planarbi-colored, undirected, non-planar
• physical symmetries– trivial symmetries (identities)
⇔Grassmannian Geometry•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}
– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?),(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡
1 α8 α5+α8α14 α5α11 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 1 α10α4+α10α13 α4α7 0 0α3α9 0 0 0 0 0 1 α6 α3+α6α12α9 0 α1 α1α11 0 α1α2 α1α2α7 0 1
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics: planar N=4• on-shell diagrams
– bi-colored, undirected, planar
bi-colored, directed , planarbi-colored, undirected, non-planarbi-colored, directed , non-planarbi-colored, undirected, non-planar
• physical symmetries– trivial symmetries (identities)
⇔Grassmannian Geometry•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}
– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?),(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡
1 α8 α5+α8α14 α5α11 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 1 α10α4+α10α13 α4α7 0 0α3α9 0 0 0 0 0 1 α6 α3+α6α12α9 0 α1 α1α11 0 α1α2 α1α2α7 0 1
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics: planar N=4• on-shell diagrams
– bi-colored, undirected, planar
bi-colored, directed , planarbi-colored, undirected, non-planarbi-colored, directed , non-planarbi-colored, undirected, non-planar
• physical symmetries– trivial symmetries (identities)
⇔Grassmannian Geometry•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}
– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?),(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡
1 α8 α5+α8α14 α5α11 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 1 α10α4+α10α13 α4α7 0 0α3α9 0 0 0 0 0 1 α6 α3+α6α12α9 0 α1 α1α11 0 α1α2 α1α2α7 0 1
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics: planar N=4• on-shell diagrams
– bi-colored, undirected, planar
bi-colored, directed , planarbi-colored, undirected, non-planarbi-colored, directed , non-planarbi-colored, undirected, non-planar
• physical symmetries– trivial symmetries (identities)
⇔Grassmannian Geometry•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}–
cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4
positroid variety
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?),(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡
1 α8 α5+α8α14 α5α11 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 1 α10α4+α10α13 α4α7 0 0α3α9 0 0 0 0 0 1 α6 α3+α6α12α9 0 α1 α1α11 0 α1α2 α1α2α7 0 1
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics: planar N=4• on-shell diagrams
– bi-colored, undirected, planar
bi-colored, directed , planarbi-colored, undirected, non-planarbi-colored, directed , non-planarbi-colored, undirected, non-planar
• physical symmetries– trivial symmetries (identities)
⇔Grassmannian Geometry•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}–
cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4
positroid variety ,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4cluster variety(?)
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡
1 α8 α5+α8α14 α5α11 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 1 α10α4+α10α13 α4α7 0 0α3α9 0 0 0 0 0 1 α6 α3+α6α12α9 0 α1 α1α11 0 α1α2 α1α2α7 0 1
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics: planar N=4• on-shell diagrams
– bi-colored, undirected, planar
bi-colored, directed , planarbi-colored, undirected, non-planarbi-colored, directed , non-planarbi-colored, undirected, non-planar
• physical symmetries– trivial symmetries (identities)
⇔Grassmannian Geometry•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}–
cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4
positroid variety ,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4cluster variety(?)
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡
1 α8 α5+α8α14 α5α11 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 1 α10α4+α10α13 α4α7 0 0α3α9 0 0 0 0 0 1 α6 α3+α6α12α9 0 α1 α1α11 0 α1α2 α1α2α7 0 1
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics: planar N=4• on-shell diagrams
– bi-colored, undirected, planar
bi-colored, directed , planarbi-colored, undirected, non-planarbi-colored, directed , non-planarbi-colored, undirected, non-planar
• physical symmetries– trivial symmetries (identities)
⇔Grassmannian Geometry•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}–
cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4
positroid variety ,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4cluster variety(?)
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡
1 α8 α5+α8α14 α5α11 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 1 α10α4+α10α13 α4α7 0 0α3α9 0 0 0 0 0 1 α6 α3+α6α12α9 0 α1 α1α11 0 α1α2 α1α2α7 0 1
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics: planar N=4• on-shell diagrams
– bi-colored, undirected, planar
bi-colored, directed , planarbi-colored, undirected, non-planarbi-colored, directed , non-planarbi-colored, undirected, non-planar
• physical symmetries: the Yangian– trivial symmetries (identities)
⇔Grassmannian Geometry•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}–
cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4
positroid variety ,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4cluster variety(?)
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡
1 α8 α5+α8α14 α5α11 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 1 α10α4+α10α13 α4α7 0 0α3α9 0 0 0 0 0 1 α6 α3+α6α12α9 0 α1 α1α11 0 α1α2 α1α2α7 0 1
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics: planar N=4• on-shell diagrams
– bi-colored, undirected, planar
bi-colored, directed , planarbi-colored, undirected, non-planarbi-colored, directed , non-planarbi-colored, undirected, non-planar
• physical symmetries: the Yangian– trivial symmetries (identities)
⇔Grassmannian Geometry•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}–
cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4
positroid variety ,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4cluster variety(?)
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C
⊥
≡
1 α8 α5+α8α14 α5α11 0 0 0 0 00 0 0 1 α10α4+α10α13 α4α7 0 0α3α9 0 0 0 0 0 1 α6 α3+α6α12α9 0 α1 α1α11 0 α1α2 α1α2α7 0 1
ΩC ≡(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics: planar N
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics: planar N
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics: planar N
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics: non-planar N=4• on-shell diagrams
–
bi-colored, undirected, planarbi-colored, directed , planar
bi-colored, undirected, non-planar
bi-colored, directed , non-planarbi-colored, undirected, non-planar
• physical symmetries: ?– trivial symmetries (identities)
⇔Grassmannian Geometry•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}–
cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety ,
(∏i
dαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C⊥≡
α1 1 0 α2 0 0 0 0 00 0 α3 1 0 α4 0 0 00 0 0 α5 1 α6 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 1 0 α7 α80 0 0 0 0 α9 1 α10 0α11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 α120 α13 α14 0 0 0 0 0 1
ΩC ≡
(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics: non-planar N=4• on-shell diagrams
–
bi-colored, undirected, planarbi-colored, directed , planar
bi-colored, undirected, non-planar
bi-colored, directed , non-planarbi-colored, undirected, non-planar
• physical symmetries: ?– trivial symmetries (identities)
⇔Grassmannian Geometry•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}–
cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety ,
(∏i
dαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C⊥≡
α1 1 0 α2 0 0 0 0 00 0 α3 1 0 α4 0 0 00 0 0 α5 1 α6 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 1 0 α7 α80 0 0 0 0 α9 1 α10 0α11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 α120 α13 α14 0 0 0 0 0 1
ΩC ≡
(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics: non-planar N=4• on-shell diagrams
–
bi-colored, undirected, planarbi-colored, directed , planar
bi-colored, undirected, non-planar
bi-colored, directed , non-planarbi-colored, undirected, non-planar
• physical symmetries: ?– trivial symmetries (identities)
⇔Grassmannian Geometry•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}–
cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety ,
(∏i
dαiαi
)
×JN– 4
cluster variety(?)
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)
×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C⊥≡
α1 1 0 α2 0 0 0 0 00 0 α3 1 0 α4 0 0 00 0 0 α5 1 α6 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 1 0 α7 α80 0 0 0 0 α9 1 α10 0α11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 α120 α13 α14 0 0 0 0 0 1
ΩC ≡
(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
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Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics: non-planar N
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Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics: non-planar N
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics• on-shell diagrams
– bi-colored, undirected, planarbi-colored, directed , planarbi-colored, undirected, non-planarbi-colored, directed , non-planarbi-colored, undirected, non-planar
• physical symmetries– trivial symmetries (identities)
⇔Grassmannian Geometry•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}
– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety ,
(∏i
dαiαi
)×JN– 4cluster variety(?)
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C⊥≡
α1 1 0 α2 0 0 0 0 00 0 α3 1 0 α4 0 0 00 0 0 α5 1 α6 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 1 0 α7 α80 0 0 0 0 α9 1 α10 0α11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 α120 α13 α14 0 0 0 0 0 1
ΩC ≡
(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)×(1+α2α4α13(α8+α7α12)
)N– 4
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions
(for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics• on-shell diagrams
– bi-colored, undirected, planarbi-colored, directed , planarbi-colored, undirected, non-planarbi-colored, directed , non-planarbi-colored, undirected, non-planar
• physical symmetries– trivial symmetries (identities)
⇔Grassmannian Geometry•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}
– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety ,
(∏i
dαiαi
)×JN– 4cluster variety(?)
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C⊥≡
α1 1 0 α2 0 0 0 0 00 0 α3 1 0 α4 0 0 00 0 0 α5 1 α6 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 1 0 α7 α80 0 0 0 0 α9 1 α10 0α11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 α120 α13 α14 0 0 0 0 0 1
ΩC ≡
(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)×(1+α2α4α13(α8+α7α12)
)N– 4
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions (for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics• on-shell diagrams
– bi-colored, undirected, planarbi-colored, directed , planarbi-colored, undirected, non-planarbi-colored, directed , non-planarbi-colored, undirected, non-planar
• physical symmetries– trivial symmetries (identities)
⇔Grassmannian Geometry•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}
– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety ,
(∏i
dαiαi
)×JN– 4cluster variety(?)
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C⊥≡
α1 1 0 α2 0 0 0 0 00 0 α3 1 0 α4 0 0 00 0 0 α5 1 α6 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 1 0 α7 α80 0 0 0 0 α9 1 α10 0α11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 α120 α13 α14 0 0 0 0 0 1
ΩC ≡
(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)×(1+α2α4α13(α8+α7α12)
)N– 4
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions (for math and physics)
• how many functions exist?
(how to name them?)• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics• on-shell diagrams
– bi-colored, undirected, planarbi-colored, directed , planarbi-colored, undirected, non-planarbi-colored, directed , non-planarbi-colored, undirected, non-planar
• physical symmetries– trivial symmetries (identities)
⇔Grassmannian Geometry•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}
– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety ,
(∏i
dαiαi
)×JN– 4cluster variety(?)
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C⊥≡
α1 1 0 α2 0 0 0 0 00 0 α3 1 0 α4 0 0 00 0 0 α5 1 α6 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 1 0 α7 α80 0 0 0 0 α9 1 α10 0α11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 α120 α13 α14 0 0 0 0 0 1
ΩC ≡
(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)×(1+α2α4α13(α8+α7α12)
)N– 4
3/3/2020 Cluster Algebras & Geometry of Amplitudes Higgs Centre Stratifying On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
-
Building-Up the Grassmannian Correspondence: On-Shell VarietiesThe Classification of On-Shell (Cluster) Varieties
More to Explore: ‘Color-Dressed’ On-Shell Functions in sYM
On-Shell Physics/Grassmannian Geometry Correspondence
fΓ≡∏
i
(∑hi,qi
∫d3LIPSi
)∏vAv ≡
∫ΩC δ(C, p, h)
Important Open Questions (for math and physics)
• how many functions exist? (how to name them?)
• what (functional) relations do they satisfy?• what are their (infinite-dimensional) symmetries?
– do these extend to entire amplitudes?• what changes with (Lie-algebra) ‘coloring’?
On-Shell Physics• on-shell diagrams
– bi-colored, undirected, planarbi-colored, directed , planarbi-colored, undirected, non-planarbi-colored, directed , non-planarbi-colored, undirected, non-planar
• physical symmetries– trivial symmetries (identities)
⇔Grassmannian Geometry•{strata C∈G(k, n), volume-form ΩC
}
– cluster(?) variety
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4positroid variety ,
(∏i
dαiαi
)×JN– 4cluster variety(?)
(?)
,(∏
idαiαi
)×JN– 4
• volume-preserving diffeomorphisms– cluster coordinate mutations, . . .
C⊥≡
α1 1 0 α2 0 0 0 0 00 0 α3 1 0 α4 0 0 00 0 0 α5 1 α6 0 0 00 0 0 0 0 1 0 α7 α80 0 0 0 0 α9 1 α10 0α11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 α120 α13 α14 0 0 0 0 0 1
ΩC ≡
(dα1α1∧· · ·∧ dα14
α14
)×(1+α2α4α13(α8+α7α12)