Celestial operator product expansions and w1+∞ symmetry for all spins
Abstract
The operator product expansion of massless celestial primary operators of arbitrary spin is investigated. Poincaré symmetry is found to imply a set of recursion relations on the operator product expansion coefficients of the leading singular terms at tree-level in a holomorphic limit. The symmetry constraints are solved by an Euler beta function with arguments that depend simply on the right-moving conformal weights of the operators in the product. These symmetry-derived coefficients are shown not only to match precisely those arising from momentum-space tree-level collinear limits, but also to obey an infinite number of additional symmetry transformations that respect the algebra of w1+∞. In tree-level minimally-coupled gravitational theories, celestial currents are constructed from light transforms of conformally soft gravitons and found to generate the action of w1+∞ on arbitrary massless celestial primaries. Results include operator product expansion coefficients for fermions as well as those arising from higher-derivative non-minimal couplings of gluons and gravitons.
- Authors:
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- Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (United States)
- University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC); John Templeton Foundation; Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation; Harvard Society of Fellows
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1976430
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0007870
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online); Journal Volume: 2022; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479
- Publisher:
- Springer Nature
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; scattering amplitudes; space-time symmetries; conformal and W symmetry
Citation Formats
Himwich, E., Pate, M., and Singh, K. Celestial operator product expansions and w1+∞ symmetry for all spins. United States: N. p., 2022.
Web. doi:10.1007/jhep01(2022)080.
Himwich, E., Pate, M., & Singh, K. Celestial operator product expansions and w1+∞ symmetry for all spins. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep01(2022)080
Himwich, E., Pate, M., and Singh, K. Mon .
"Celestial operator product expansions and w1+∞ symmetry for all spins". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep01(2022)080. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1976430.
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title = {Celestial operator product expansions and w1+∞ symmetry for all spins},
author = {Himwich, E. and Pate, M. and Singh, K.},
abstractNote = {The operator product expansion of massless celestial primary operators of arbitrary spin is investigated. Poincaré symmetry is found to imply a set of recursion relations on the operator product expansion coefficients of the leading singular terms at tree-level in a holomorphic limit. The symmetry constraints are solved by an Euler beta function with arguments that depend simply on the right-moving conformal weights of the operators in the product. These symmetry-derived coefficients are shown not only to match precisely those arising from momentum-space tree-level collinear limits, but also to obey an infinite number of additional symmetry transformations that respect the algebra of w1+∞. In tree-level minimally-coupled gravitational theories, celestial currents are constructed from light transforms of conformally soft gravitons and found to generate the action of w1+∞ on arbitrary massless celestial primaries. Results include operator product expansion coefficients for fermions as well as those arising from higher-derivative non-minimal couplings of gluons and gravitons.},
doi = {10.1007/jhep01(2022)080},
journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)},
number = 1,
volume = 2022,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jan 17 00:00:00 EST 2022},
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