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Cosmological Cutting Rules from Flat-Space Unitarity via Dressing

High Energy Physics - Theory 2026-01-15 v1

Abstract

Using cosmological dressing rules, we uplift flat-space unitarity cuts to discontinuity relations for dS/EAdS observables. In this representation, Cutkosky delta functions map directly to "Disc" operations in the exchanged energy variable. This provides a transparent diagram by diagram origin of cosmological cutting rules. We illustrate this with explicit examples at tree level and one loop for conformally coupled scalars.

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@article{arxiv.2601.08917,
  title  = {Cosmological Cutting Rules from Flat-Space Unitarity via Dressing},
  author = {Arhum Ansari and Sachin Jain and Deep Mazumdar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.08917},
  year   = {2026}
}

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14 pages

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