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The chiral algebra bootstrap (CAB) is a novel bootstrap program for form factors in quantum-integrable self-dual gauge theories, some of which in turn are helicity amplitudes in the corresponding gauge theories. The singularities that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-24 Jaazib Charanya , Anthony Morales , Natalie M. Paquette

We propose a new program for computing a certain integrand of scattering amplitudes of four-dimensional gauge theories which we call the \textit{form factor integrand}, starting from 6d holomorphic theories on twistor space. We show that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-01-03 Kevin Costello , Natalie M. Paquette

The recently devised chiral algebra bootstrap computes the form factors of a special class of ``twistorial'' 4d QFTs as correlation functions of the theory's 2d celestial chiral algebra. Examples of twistorial theories include self-dual…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-02-17 Niklas Garner , Natalie M. Paquette

There has been recent interest in the question of whether QCD collinear singularities can be viewed as the OPE of a two-dimensional CFT. We analyze a version of this question for the self-dual limit of pure gauge theory (incorporating…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-04-12 Kevin Costello , Natalie M. Paquette

In four spacetime dimensions, the classically integrable self-dual sectors of gauge theory and gravity have associated chiral algebras, which emerge naturally from their description in twistor space. We show that there are similar chiral…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-06-30 Tim Adamo , Iustin Surubaru

We introduce a family of dualities between certain non-supersymmetric self-dual gauge theories on a large class of $4d$ self-dual asymptotically flat backgrounds, and the large $N$ limit of an independently defined $2d$ chiral defect CFT.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-06 Roland Bittleston , Kevin Costello , Keyou Zeng

We study the chiral higher-spin symmetry algebras $\mathfrak{ca}$ of various twistorial higher-spin theories. These symmetries play the roles of asymptotic symmetries on the celestial twistor sphere, which constrain the observables of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-30 Tung Tran

All 4D gauge and gravitational theories in asymptotically flat spacetimes contain an infinite number of non-trivial symmetries. They can be succinctly characterized by generalized 2D currents acting on the celestial sphere. A complete…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-12-08 Alfredo Guevara , Elizabeth Himwich , Monica Pate , Andrew Strominger

We study 2d chiral theories arising from 4d N=4 Super-Yang Mills (SYM) with varying coupling tau. The 2d theory is obtained by dimensional reduction of N=4 SYM on a complex curve with a partial topological twist that accounts for the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-11-27 Craig Lawrie , Sakura Schafer-Nameki , Timo Weigand

Superconformal field theories (SCFT) are known to possess solvable yet nontrivial sectors in their full operator algebras. Two prime examples are the chiral algebra sector on a two dimensional plane in four dimensional $\mathcal{N}=2$…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-12-24 Mykola Dedushenko , Yifan Wang

Form factors of self-dual gauge theory are equal to correlators of an (extended) celestial chiral algebra. This suggests that these form factors can be computed using the "bootstrap" method familiar from 2d CFTs. The method can also be…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-06-11 Kevin J. Costello

We construct the chiral algebra associated with the $A_{1}$-type class $\mathcal{S}$ theory for genus two Riemann surface without punctures. By solving the BRST cohomology problem corresponding to a marginal gauging in four dimensions, we…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-03-02 Kazuki Kiyoshige , Takahiro Nishinaka

We initiate the study of how the insertion of magnetically charged states in 4d self-dual gauge theories impacts the 2d chiral algebras supported on the celestial sphere at asymptotic null infinity, from the point of view of the 4d/2d…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-07-10 Niklas Garner , Natalie M. Paquette

The chiral algebra of 4D $\mathcal{N}=4$ SU$(N)$ super-Yang-Mills theory is an $\mathcal{N}=4$ superconformal vertex operator algebra. We analyse the structure of this algebra by studying recursively the constraints that are required by the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-11-25 Matthias R. Gaberdiel , Wei Li

We show that the chiral algebra bootstrap, which computes form factors of twistorial theories, can help determine two-loop amplitudes in massless QCD. We give an $n$-gluon result for a previously unknown partial amplitude of the two-loop…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-10-24 Anthony Morales

Self-dual Yang-Mills theory admits an underlying infinite dimensional symmetry algebra, which has been obtained from mode expansion of Mellin transformed 4d scattering amplitudes and separately, Koszul duality on twistor space. In this…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-12-04 Wei Bu , Sean Seet

There exist many four dimensional integrable theories. They include self-dual gauge and gravity theories, all their extended supersymmetric generalisations, as well the full (non-self-dual) N=3 super Yang-Mills equations. We review the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-26 Ch. Devchand , V. Ogievetsky

We study various aspects of the M-theory uplift of the $A_{N-1}$ series of $(2,0)$ CFTs in 6d, which describe the worldvolume theory of $N$ M5 branes in flat space. We show how knowledge of OPE coefficients and scaling dimensions for this…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-09-26 Shai M. Chester , Eric Perlmutter

We construct and study the 6D dual superconformal algebra. Our construction is inspired by the dual superconformal symmetry of massless 4D $\mathcal{N}=4$ SYM and extends the previous construction of the enhanced dual conformal algebra for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-06-23 Klaus Bering , Michal Pazderka

We derive general bounds on operator dimensions, central charges, and OPE coefficients in 4D conformal and N=1 superconformal field theories. In any CFT containing a scalar primary phi of dimension d we show that crossing symmetry of <phi…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-05-09 David Poland , David Simmons-Duffin
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