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Lie Polynomials and a Twistorial Correspondence for Amplitudes

We review Lie polynomials as a mathematical framework that underpins the structure of the so-called double copy relationship between gauge and gravity theories (and a network of other theories besides). We explain how Lie polynomials naturally arise in the geometry and cohomology of $\mathcal{M}_{0,n}$, the moduli space of $n$ points on the Riemann sphere up to Mobiüs transformation. We introduce a twistorial correspondence between the cotangent bundle $T^*_D\mathcal{M}_{0,n}$, the bundle of forms with logarithmic singularities on the divisor $D$ as the twistor space, and $\mathcal{K}_n$ the space of momentum invariants of $n$ massless particles subject to momentum conservation as the analogue of space-time. This gives a natural framework for Cachazo He and Yuan (CHY) and ambitwistor-string formulae for scattering amplitudes of gauge and gravity theories as being the corresponding Penrose transform. In particular we show that it gives a natural correspondence between CHY half-integrands and scattering forms, certain $n-3$-forms on $\mathcal{K}_n$, introduced by Arkani-Hamed, Bai, He and Yan (ABHY). We also give a generalization and more invariant description of the associahedral $n-3$-planes in $\mathcal{K}_n$ introduced by ABHY.}