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We demonstrate that the tree-level amplitudes of maximal super-Yang-Mills theory in six dimensions, when stripped of their overall momentum and supermomentum delta functions, are covariant with respect to the six-dimensional dual conformal group. Using the generalized unitarity method, we demonstrate that this property is also present for loop amplitudes. Since the six-dimensional amplitudes can be interpreted as massive four-dimensional ones, this implies that the six-dimensional symmetry is also present in the massively regulated four-dimensional \( \mathcal{N} = 4 \) super-Yang-Mills amplitudes.
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Dennen, T., Huang, Yt. Dual conformal properties of six-dimensional maximal super Yang-Mills amplitudes. J. High Energ. Phys. 2011, 140 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2011)140
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