scholarly journals Towards the Virasoro-Shapiro amplitude in AdS5×S5

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa Abl ◽  
Paul Heslop ◽  
Arthur E. Lipstein
Keyword(s):  
Effective Field Theory ◽  
Flat Space ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Tree Level ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Additional Information ◽  
Tree Level Amplitude ◽  
Covariant Derivatives ◽  
Type Iib String Theory ◽  
Single Trace

Abstract We propose a systematic procedure for obtaining all single trace 1/2-BPS correlators in $$ \mathcal{N} $$ N = 4 super Yang-Mills corresponding to the four-point tree-level amplitude for type IIB string theory in AdS5 × S5. The underlying idea is to compute generalised contact Witten diagrams coming from a 10d effective field theory on AdS5 × S5 whose coefficients are fixed by the flat space Virasoro-Shapiro amplitude up to ambiguities related to commutators of the 10d covariant derivatives which require additional information such as localisation. We illustrate this procedure by computing stringy corrections to the supergravity prediction for all single trace 1/2-BPS correlators up to $$ \mathcal{O} $$ O (α′7), and spell out a general algorithm for extending this to any order in α′.

scholarly journals Resolving spacetime singularities in flux compactifications & KKLT

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Federico Carta ◽  
Jakob Moritz
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Flux Compactifications ◽  
Effective Field Theory ◽  
Bound States ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
De Sitter ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Type Iib String Theory ◽  
De Sitter Vacuum

Abstract In flux compactifications of type IIB string theory with D3 and seven-branes, the negative induced D3 charge localized on seven-branes leads to an apparently pathological profile of the metric sufficiently close to the source. With the volume modulus stabilized in a KKLT de Sitter vacuum this pathological region takes over a significant part of the entire compactification, threatening to spoil the KKLT effective field theory. In this paper we employ the Seiberg-Witten solution of pure SU(N) super Yang-Mills theory to argue that wrapped seven-branes can be thought of as bound states of more microscopic exotic branes. We argue that the low-energy worldvolume dynamics of a stack of n such exotic branes is given by the (A1, An−1) Argyres-Douglas theory. Moreover, the splitting of the perturbative (in α′) seven-brane into its constituent branes at the non-perturbative level resolves the apparently pathological region close to the seven-brane and replaces it with a region of $$ \mathcal{O} $$ O (1) Einstein frame volume. While this region generically takes up an $$ \mathcal{O} $$ O (1) fraction of the compactification in a KKLT de Sitter vacuum we argue that a small flux superpotential dynamically ensures that the 4d effective field theory of KKLT remains valid nevertheless.

scholarly journals Towards Feynman rules for conformal blocks

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Hoback ◽  
Sarthak Parikh
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Effective Field Theory ◽  
Hypergeometric Functions ◽  
Power Series Expansion ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Conformal Block ◽  
Tree Level ◽  
Conformal Blocks ◽  
Simple Set ◽  
Feynman Rules

Abstract We conjecture a simple set of “Feynman rules” for constructing n-point global conformal blocks in any channel in d spacetime dimensions, for external and exchanged scalar operators for arbitrary n and d. The vertex factors are given in terms of Lauricella hypergeometric functions of one, two or three variables, and the Feynman rules furnish an explicit power-series expansion in powers of cross-ratios. These rules are conjectured based on previously known results in the literature, which include four-, five- and six-point examples as well as the n-point comb channel blocks. We prove these rules for all previously known cases, as well as two new ones: the seven-point block in a new topology, and all even-point blocks in the “OPE channel.” The proof relies on holographic methods, notably the Feynman rules for Mellin amplitudes of tree-level AdS diagrams in a scalar effective field theory, and is easily applicable to any particular choice of a conformal block beyond those considered in this paper.

scholarly journals Evaluating EYM amplitudes in four dimensions by refined graphic expansion

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hongxiang Tian ◽  
Enze Gong ◽  
Chongsi Xie ◽  
Yi-Jian Du
Keyword(s):  
Tree Level ◽  
Tree Amplitude ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Negative Helicity ◽  
Spanning Forests ◽  
Single Trace

Abstract The recursive expansion of tree level multitrace Einstein-Yang-Mills (EYM) amplitudes induces a refined graphic expansion, by which any tree-level EYM amplitude can be expressed as a summation over all possible refined graphs. Each graph contributes a unique coefficient as well as a proper combination of color-ordered Yang-Mills (YM) amplitudes. This expansion allows one to evaluate EYM amplitudes through YM amplitudes, the latter have much simpler structures in four dimensions than the former. In this paper, we classify the refined graphs for the expansion of EYM amplitudes into N k MHV sectors. Amplitudes in four dimensions, which involve k + 2 negative-helicity particles, at most get non-vanishing contribution from graphs in N k′ (k′ ≤ k) MHV sectors. By the help of this classification, we evaluate the non-vanishing amplitudes with two negative-helicity particles in four dimensions. We establish a correspondence between the refined graphs for single-trace amplitudes with $$ \left({g}_i^{-},{g}_j^{-}\right) $$ g i − g j − or $$ \left({h}_i^{-},{g}_j^{-}\right) $$ h i − g j − configuration and the spanning forests of the known Hodges determinant form. Inspired by this correspondence, we further propose a symmetric formula of double-trace amplitudes with $$ \left({g}_i^{-},{g}_j^{-}\right) $$ g i − g j − configuration. By analyzing the cancellation between refined graphs in four dimensions, we prove that any other tree amplitude with two negative-helicity particles has to vanish.

scholarly journals Cosmological phase transitions: is effective field theory just a toy?

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marieke Postma ◽  
Graham White
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Phase Transition ◽  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Effective Field Theory ◽  
New Physics ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Tree Level ◽  
Dark Sector ◽  
First Order ◽  
First Order Phase

Abstract To obtain a first order phase transition requires large new physics corrections to the Standard Model (SM) Higgs potential. This implies that the scale of new physics is relatively low, raising the question whether an effective field theory (EFT) description can be used to analyse the phase transition in a (nearly) model-independent way. We show analytically and numerically that first order phase transitions in perturbative extensions of the SM cannot be described by the SM-EFT. The exception are Higgs-singlet extension with tree-level matching; but even in this case the SM-EFT can only capture part of the full parameter space, and if truncated at dim-6 operators, the description is at most qualitative. We also comment on the applicability of EFT techniques to dark sector phase transitions.

scholarly journals Yang-Mills observables: from KMOC to eikonal through EFT

2022 ◽  
Vol 2022 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonardo de la Cruz ◽  
Andres Luna ◽  
Trevor Scheopner
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Scattering Amplitudes ◽  
Effective Field Theory ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Direct Integration ◽  
Spinning Particles ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
Domain Of Applicability

Abstract We obtain a conservative Hamiltonian describing the interactions of two charged bodies in Yang-Mills through $$ \mathcal{O}\left({\alpha}^2\right) $$ O α 2 and to all orders in velocity. Our calculation extends a recently-introduced framework based on scattering amplitudes and effective field theory (EFT) to consider color-charged objects. These results are checked against the direct integration of the observables in the Kosower-Maybee-O’Connell (KMOC) formalism. At the order we consider we find that the linear and color impulses in a scattering event can be concisely described in terms of the eikonal phase, thus extending the domain of applicability of a formula originally proposed in the context of spinning particles.

scholarly journals Spectroscopy of four-dimensional N = 1 supersymmetric SU(3) Yang-Mills theory

2018 ◽  
Vol 175 ◽  
pp. 08022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Steinhauser ◽  
André Sternbeck ◽  
Björn Wellegehausen ◽  
Andreas Wipf
Keyword(s):  
Effective Field Theory ◽  
Continuum Limit ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Low Energy ◽  
Gauge Sector ◽  
Yang Mills ◽  
The Standard Model ◽  
Supersymmetric Gauge ◽  
Important Building Block

Supersymmetric gauge theories are an important building block for extensions of the standard model. As a first step towards Super-QCD we investigate the pure gauge sector with gluons and gluinos on the lattice, in particular the low energy mass spectrum: meson-like gluinoballs, gluino-glueballs and pure glueballs. We report on some first calculations performed with clover improved Wilson fermions on rather small lattices. The supersymmetric continuum limit and particle masses are discussed and compared to predictions from effective field theory.

THE HEART OF FACTORIZATION

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 1460014
Author(s):  
MATTHEW D. SCHWARTZ
Keyword(s):  
Effective Field Theory ◽  
Recent Progress ◽  
Gauge Theories ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Effective Theory ◽  
Tree Level ◽  
Soft Collinear Effective Theory ◽  
Factorization Formula ◽  
The Many ◽  
Traditional Approaches

Factorization is at the heart of nearly any calculation in pertubative QCD. It follows from the universal behavior of gauge theories in soft and collinear limits. This talk gives a summary of recent progress on producing a more transparent understanding of factorization and connecting traditional approaches to those of Soft-Collinear Effective Theory. The main result is the formulation and proof, at tree-level, of a factorization formula in QCD. The proof exploits the many advantages of spinor helicity methods, but does not use any effective field theory tricks. Once the factorization formula is proven, the transition to an effective theory description is effortless.

scholarly journals ON RENORMALIZABILITY OF THE EFFECTIVE FIELD THEORY OF MASSIVE YANG–MILLS FIELDS

2012 ◽  
Vol 27 (23) ◽  
pp. 1250128 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. GEGELIA ◽  
G. JAPARIDZE
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Effective Field Theory ◽  
Vector Boson ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Boson Mass ◽  
Yang Mills

Effective field theory (EFT) of massive Yang–Mills fields interacting with fermions is considered. Perturbative renormalizability in the framework of EFT is shown. It is argued that the limit of vanishing vector boson mass leads to massless gauge EFT. Possible relevance for the solution to the strong CP problem is discussed.

scholarly journals Effective field theory for closed strings near the Hagedorn temperature

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ram Brustein ◽  
Yoav Zigdon
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Effective Field Theory ◽  
Effective Action ◽  
Equations Of Motion ◽  
Flat Space ◽  
Conformal Structure ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Conformally Invariant ◽  
Conformal Field ◽  
Quartic Interaction

Abstract We discuss interacting, closed, bosonic and superstrings in thermal equilibrium at temperatures close to the Hagedorn temperature in flat space. We calculate S-matrix elements of the strings at the Hagedorn temperature and use them to construct a low-energy effective action for interacting strings near the Hagedorn temperature. We show, in particular, that the four-point amplitude of massless winding modes leads to a positive quartic interaction. Furthermore, the effective field theory has a generalized conformal structure, namely, it is conformally invariant when the temperature is assigned an appropriate scaling dimension. Then, we show that the equations of motion resulting from the effective action possess a winding-mode-condensate background solution above the Hagedorn temperature and present a worldsheet conformal field theory, similar to a Sine-Gordon theory, that corresponds to this solution. We find that the Hagedorn phase transition in our setup is second order, in contrast to a first-order transition that was found previously in different setups.

scholarly journals N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills thermodynamics from effective field theory

2022 ◽  
Vol 105 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jens O. Andersen ◽  
Qianqian Du ◽  
Michael Strickland ◽  
Ubaid Tantary
Keyword(s):  
Field Theory ◽  
Effective Field Theory ◽  
Effective Field ◽  
Yang Mills
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