An On-Shell Derivation of the Soft Effective Action in Abelian Gauge Theories

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Main Authors: He, Temple, Mitra, Prahar, Sivaramakrishnan, Allic, Zurek, Kathryn M.
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author He, Temple
Mitra, Prahar
Sivaramakrishnan, Allic
Zurek, Kathryn M.
author_facet He, Temple
Mitra, Prahar
Sivaramakrishnan, Allic
Zurek, Kathryn M.
contents We derive the soft effective action in $(d+2)$-dimensional abelian gauge theories from the on-shell action obeying Neumann boundary conditions at timelike and null infinity and Dirichlet boundary conditions at spatial infinity. This allows us to identify the on-shell degrees of freedom on the boundary with the soft modes living on the celestial sphere. Following the work of Donnelly and Wall, this suggests that we can interpret soft modes as entanglement edge modes on the celestial sphere and study entanglement properties of soft modes in abelian gauge theories.
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spellingShingle An On-Shell Derivation of the Soft Effective Action in Abelian Gauge Theories
He, Temple
Mitra, Prahar
Sivaramakrishnan, Allic
Zurek, Kathryn M.
High Energy Physics - Theory
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
We derive the soft effective action in $(d+2)$-dimensional abelian gauge theories from the on-shell action obeying Neumann boundary conditions at timelike and null infinity and Dirichlet boundary conditions at spatial infinity. This allows us to identify the on-shell degrees of freedom on the boundary with the soft modes living on the celestial sphere. Following the work of Donnelly and Wall, this suggests that we can interpret soft modes as entanglement edge modes on the celestial sphere and study entanglement properties of soft modes in abelian gauge theories.
title An On-Shell Derivation of the Soft Effective Action in Abelian Gauge Theories
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.14502