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Title: 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:
 [1]; ORCiD logo [1];  [2]
  1. Harvard University, Cambridge, MA (United States)
  2. 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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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.},
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journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)},
number = 1,
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jan 17 00:00:00 EST 2022},
month = {Mon Jan 17 00:00:00 EST 2022}
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