Published October 2019 | Version v1
Journal article

Asymptotic symmetries in (d + 2)-dimensional gauge theories

  • 1. Center for Quantum Mathematics and Phy8ics (QMAP) Department of Phy8ics (United States)
  • 2. Institute for Advanced Study, School of Natural Sciences (United States)

Description

We show that the subleading soft photon theorem in a (d + 2)-dimensional massless abelian gauge theory gives rise to a Ward identity corresponding to divergent large gauge transformations acting on the celestial sphere at null infinity. We further generalize our analysis to (d + 2)-dimensional non-abelian gauge theories and show that the leading and subleading soft gluon theorem give rise to Ward identities corresponding to asymptotic symmetries of the theory.

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Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Journal Volume
2019
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 1-22
ISSN
1029-8479

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