Towards the amplituhedron volume

Abstract

Abstract: It has been recently conjectured that scattering amplitudes in planar (Formula presented.) super Yang-Mills are given by the volume of the (dual) amplituhedron. In this paper we show some interesting connections between the tree-level amplituhedron and a special class of differential equations. In particular we demonstrate how the amplituhedron volume for NMHV amplitudes is determined by these differential equations. The new formulation allows for a straightforward geometric description, without any reference to triangulations. Finally we discuss possible implications for volumes related to generic NkMHV amplitudes.