Princeton University Users: If you would like to view a senior thesis while you are away from campus, you will need to connect to the campus network remotely via the Global Protect virtual private network (VPN). If you are not part of the University requesting a copy of a thesis, please note, all requests are processed manually by staff and will require additional time to process.

Browsing by Author "Lind, Max"

Filter results by typing the first few letters
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
  • Thumbnail Image

    Scattering Amplitudes in Genus 3

    (2025-04-28) Lind, Max; Huh, June E; Matt, Larson

    The first part of this thesis is a short introduction to scattering amplitudes, aimed at algebraic geometers with not very much physics background. We try to emphasize simple examples and give a rough survey of topics: Feynman diagrams, tree and loop level, on-shell diagrams, the spinor-helicity formalism, BCFW recursion, the Parke-Taylor formula, and maximum helicity violating amplitudes. Next, we explain Tevelev’s attempt to apply this circle of ideas to curves. We try to give new examples and flesh out detail that is left implicit in his original paper. We work out a few amplitude forms in genus 2 and 3 and graph their probability densities. We end by discussing some possible directions for new work.