BCFW recursion

Short description: Set of recursion relations in quantum field theory

The Britto–Cachazo–Feng–Witten recursion relations are a set of on-shell recursion relations in quantum field theory.[1][2] They are named for their creators, Ruth Britto, Freddy Cachazo, Bo Feng and Edward Witten.

The BCFW recursion method is a way of calculating scattering amplitudes.[3] This technique is widely used in analytic calculations[4] due to the relative conciseness of the resulting expressions, when compared to the more traditional methods. The principal property of the BCFW recursion is that at every stage of the calculation it involves exclusively real (on-shell) particles, as opposed to the virtual (off-shell) particles that propagate inside conventional Feynman diagrams.

## See also

* MHV amplitudes

## References

1. ↑ Brecht Truijen (August 2012). "Britto-Cachazo-Feng-Witten Recursion: An Introduction". Archived from the original on 21 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140221230929/http://testweb.science.uu.nl/ITF/teaching/2012/Brecht Truijen.pdf. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
2. ↑ Achilleas Lazopoulos (24 August 2006). "B.C.F.W. Recursion Relations and the Link to Feynman Graphs". http://theory.fnal.gov/seminars/slides/2006/ALazopoulos.pdf. Retrieved 23 September 2013.
3. ↑ Ruth Britto; Freddy Cachazo; Bo Feng; Edward Witten (2005). "Direct Proof of Tree-Level Recursion Relation in Yang-Mills Theory". Physical Review Letters 94 (18): 181602. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.181602. PMID 15904356. Bibcode: 2005PhRvL..94r1602B.
4. ↑ Bo Feng; Mingxing Luo (2011). "An Introduction to On-shell Recursion Relations". Frontiers of Physics 7 (5): 533–575. doi:10.1007/s11467-012-0270-z. Bibcode: 2012FrPhy...7..533F.

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