Seminar series
Date
Thu, 07 Jul 2022
12:00
Location
C2
Speaker
Dr Jinxiang Wu
Organisation
(Oxford University)

Note: we would recommend to join the meeting using the Zoom client for best user experience.

We study the celestial description of the O(N) sigma model in the large N limit. Focusing on three dimensions, we analyze the implications of a UV complete, all-loop order 4-point amplitude of pions in terms of correlation functions defined on the celestial circle. We find these retain many key features from the previously studied tree-level case, such as their relation to Generalized Free Field theories and crossing-symmetry, but also incorporate new properties such as IR/UV softness and S-matrix metastable states. In particular, to understand unitarity, we propose a form of the optical theorem that controls the imaginary part of the correlator based solely on the presence of these resonances. We also explicitly analyze the conformal block expansions and factorization of four-point functions into three-point functions. We find that summing over resonances is key for these factorization properties to hold. This is a joint work with D. García-Sepúlveda, A. Guevara, J. Kulp.

Last updated on 30 Jun 2022, 4:02pm. Please contact us with feedback and comments about this page.