Loop corrections versus marginal deformations in celestial holography
Abstract
Four-dimensional all-loop amplitudes in quantum electrodynamics and gravity exhibit universal IR singularities with a factorization structure. This structure is governed by tree amplitudes and a universal IR-divergent factor representing the exchange of soft particles between external lines. This Letter offers a precise dual interpretation of these universal IR-divergent factors within celestial holography. Considering the tree amplitude as the foundation of the celestial conformal field theory (CCFT), these universal factors correspond to marginal deformations with a double-current construction in the CCFT. Remarkably, a novel geometric representation of these deformations through topological gauging provides an exact description of transitions within bulk vacuum moduli spaces which extends the celestial holography beyond the perturbative level. Our findings establish a concrete dictionary for celestial holography and offer a holographic lens to understand loop corrections in scattering amplitudes.
- Publication:
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Physical Review D
- Pub Date:
- October 2024
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.110.L081901
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2307.02743
- Bibcode:
- 2024PhRvD.110h1901H
- Keywords:
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- High Energy Physics - Theory;
- General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
- E-Print:
- v3: 10 pages + appendices, discussions extended, refs. added, accepted for publication in PRD as a Letter