Perturbative gauge theory at null infinity
Abstract
We describe a theory living on the null conformal boundary of four-dimensional Minkowski space, whose states include the radiative modes of Yang-Mills theory. The action of a Kac-Moody symmetry algebra on the correlators of these states leads to a Ward identity for asymptotic 'large' gauge transformations which is equivalent to the soft gluon theorem. The subleading soft gluon behavior is also obtained from a Ward identity for charges acting as vector fields on the sphere of null generators of the boundary. Correlation functions of the Yang-Mills states are shown to produce the full classical S-matrix of Yang-Mills theory. The model contains additional states arising from non-unitary gravitational degrees of freedom, indicating a relationship with the twistor-string of Berkovits & Witten.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1504.02304,
title = {Perturbative gauge theory at null infinity},
author = {Tim Adamo and Eduardo Casali},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1504.02304},
year = {2015}
}
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18 pages, no figures