Celestial amplitudes for Goldstone bosons and soft theorems
P. Vasko*, K. Kampf, J. Novotny and J. Trnka
*: corresponding author
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Pre-published on: December 17, 2024
Published on: April 29, 2025
Abstract
The S-matrix for a QFT in 4D Minkowski space is an inherently holographic object, i.e. defined
at the (conformal) boundary of spacetime. A section of this boundary is the celestial 2-sphere
and Lorentz group acts on it by conformal transformations. I will briefly review scattering,
when translated from the basis of plane waves (translation eigenstates) to the conformal basis
(dilatation eigenstates). The resulting object is called a celestial amplitude and the change of
basis is implemented for massless particles by a Mellin transform. I will apply this formalism to
amplitudes of Goldstone bosons with an emphasis on their soft theorems. The illustrative example
will be the U(1) (non)-linear sigma model.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22323/1.476.0806
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