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Representations of the Flat Space Wavefunction

Mathematical Physics 2026-03-09 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory Algebraic Geometry Combinatorics math.MP

Abstract

From any graph GG arises a flat space wavefunction, obtained by integrating a product of propagators associated to the vertices and edges of GG. This function is a key ingredient in the computation of cosmological correlators, and several representations for it have been proposed. We formulate three such representations and prove their correctness. In particular, we show that the flat space wavefunction can be read off from the canonical form of the cosmological polytope, and we settle a conjecture of Fevola, Pimentel, Sattelberger, and Westerdijk regarding a partial fraction decomposition for the flat space wavefunction. The terms of the decomposition correspond to certain collections of connected subgraphs associated to GG and its spanning subgraphs, reflecting the fact that the flat space wavefunction contains information about how GG is connected.

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@article{arxiv.2601.17619,
  title  = {Representations of the Flat Space Wavefunction},
  author = {Tyler Dunaisky},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.17619},
  year   = {2026}
}

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19 pages, 5 figures

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