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Loop corrections versus marginal deformation in celestial holography

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-10-10 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

Four-dimensional all-loop amplitudes in QED and gravity exhibit universal Infrared (IR) singularities with a factorization structure. This structure is governed by tree amplitudes and a universal IR-divergent factor representing the exchange of soft particles between external lines. This letter offers a precise dual interpretation of these universal IR-divergent factors within celestial holography. Considering the tree amplitude as the foundation of the celestial conformal field theory (CCFT), these universal factors correspond to marginal deformations with a \textit{double-current} construction in the CCFT. Remarkably, a novel geometric representation of these deformations through topological gauging provides an exact description of transitions within bulk vacuum moduli spaces which extends the celestial holography beyond the perturbative level. Our findings establish a concrete dictionary for celestial holography and offer a holographic lens to understand loop corrections in scattering amplitudes.

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@article{arxiv.2307.02743,
  title  = {Loop corrections versus marginal deformation in celestial holography},
  author = {Song He and Pujian Mao and Xin-Cheng Mao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.02743},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

v3: 10 pages + appendices, discussions extended, refs. added, accepted for publication in PRD as a Letter

R2 v1 2026-06-28T11:23:20.104Z