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RandomLensman 3 hours ago

I don't know enought about theoretical physics: what makes it a significant contribution there?

terminalbraid 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

It's a nontrivial calculation valid for a class of forces (e.g. QCD) and apparently a serious simplification to a specific calculation that hadn't been completed before. But for what it's worth, I spent a good part of my physics career working in nucleon structure and have not run across the term "single minus amplitudes" in my memory. That doesn't necessarily mean much as there's a very broad space work like this takes place in and some of it gets extremely arcane and technical.

One way I gauge the significance of a theory paper are the measured quantities and physical processes it would contribute to. I see none discussed here which should tell you how deep into math it is. I personally would not have stopped to read it on my arxiv catch-up

https://arxiv.org/list/hep-th/new

Maybe to characterize it better, physicists were not holding their breath waiting for this to get done.

RandomLensman 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Thank you!

epolanski 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Not every contribution has immediate impact.

terminalbraid 3 hours ago | parent [-]

That doesn't answer the question. That statement just admits "maybe" which isn't helpful or insightful to answering it.