From Feynman diagrams to the amplituhedron: a gentle review

Abstract

In this article we review, for a mathematical audience, the computation of (tree-level) scattering amplitudes in Yang-Mills theory in detail, in order to bridge the gap in understanding of the subject between mathematicians and physicists. In particular we demonstrate explicitly how the same formulas for six-particle NMHV helicity amplitudes are obtained from summing Feynman diagrams and from computing the canonical form of the $n=6,k=1,m=4$ amplituhedron.

solicited contribution to a special volume on Positive Geometry for Le Matematiche; 21 pages, 4 figures