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Infinite-dimensional hierarchy of recursive extensions for all sub$^n$-leading soft effects in Yang-Mills

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-11-01 v2

Abstract

Building on our proposal in arXiv:2405.06629, we present in detail the construction of the extended phase space for Yang-Mills at null infinity, containing the asymptotic symmetries and the charges responsible for subn^n-leading soft theorems at all orders. The generality of the procedure allows it to be directly applied to the computation of both tree and loop-level soft limits. We also give a detailed study of Yang-Mills equations under the radial expansion, giving a thorough construction of the radiative phase space for decays compatible with tree-level amplitudes for both light-cone and radial gauges. This gives rise to useful recursion relations at all orders between the field strength and the vector gauge coefficients. We construct the subn^n-leading charges recursively, and show a hierarchical truncation such that each charge subalgebra is closed, and their action in the extended phase space is canonical. We relate these results with the infinite-dimensional algebras that have been recently introduced in the context of conformal field theories at null infinity. We also apply our method to the computation of non-universal terms in the sub-leading charges arising in theories with higher derivative interaction terms.

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@article{arxiv.2407.13556,
  title  = {Infinite-dimensional hierarchy of recursive extensions for all sub$^n$-leading soft effects in Yang-Mills},
  author = {Silvia Nagy and Javier Peraza and Giorgio Pizzolo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.13556},
  year   = {2024}
}

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63 Pages, 4 figures