FOR 5582:  Modern Foundations of Scattering Amplitudes

• Subject Area: Physics
• Term: since 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 508889767

The proposed Research Unit will advance the field of theoretical and mathematical physics by performing an in-depth analysis of the foundations of scattering amplitudes. By creating new synergies between leading researchers in the field of mathematical physics and scattering amplitudes in Germany, as well as enhancing existing ones, it will uncover new fundamental principles underlying some of the most important quantities in modern physics and develop novel powerful tools for their computation. The results obtained by the research group will have a transformative impact on the German research landscape in mathematical and theoretical high-energy physics, and it will corroborate Germany as one of the leading locations for the study of scattering amplitudes in Europe, if not worldwide.

• DFG Programme: Research Units
• International Connection: United Kingdom

Projects

• Amplitudes and AdS (Applicant Forini, Valentina )
• Amplitudes from Riemann surfaces with marked points (Applicant Stieberger, Ph.D., Stephan )
• Coordination Funds (Applicant Duhr, Claude )
• Feynman integrals and Yangian symmetry (Applicant Loebbert, Florian )
• Feynman integrals, Calabi-Yau motives and their extensions (Applicant Klemm, Ph.D., Albrecht )
• From geometry to scattering amplitudes (Applicant Ferro, Ph.D., Livia )
• Hodge structures, intersection theory and Feynman integrals (Applicant Weinzierl, Stefan )
• Infrared-finite observables from scattering amplitudes (Applicant Henn, Johannes )
• Leading singularities on general geometries (Applicant Tancredi, Lorenzo )
• Symbol letters and bootstraps for non-polylogarithmic amplitudes (Applicant Duhr, Claude )
• Worldline quantum field theories (Applicant Plefka, Jan )

• Spokesperson: Professor Dr. Claude Duhr