Ambitwistor Yang-Mills Theory Revisited

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Main Authors: Borsten, Leron, Jurco, Branislav, Kim, Hyungrok, Saemann, Christian, Wolf, Martin
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Published: 2024
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author Borsten, Leron
Jurco, Branislav
Kim, Hyungrok
Saemann, Christian
Wolf, Martin
author_facet Borsten, Leron
Jurco, Branislav
Kim, Hyungrok
Saemann, Christian
Wolf, Martin
contents Inspired by the Movshev-Mason-Skinner Cauchy-Riemann (CR) ambitwistor approach, we provide a rigorous yet elementary construction of a twisted CR holomorphic Chern-Simons action on CR ambitwistor space for maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory on four-dimensional Euclidean space. The key ingredient in our discussion is the homotopy algebraic perspective on perturbative quantum field theory. Using this technology, we show that both theories are semi-classically equivalent, that is, we construct a quasi-isomorphism between the cyclic $L_\infty$-algebras governing both field theories. This confirms a conjecture from the literature. Furthermore, we also show that the Yang-Mills action is obtained by integrating out an infinite tower of auxiliary fields in the Chern-Simons action, that is, the two theories are related by homotopy transfer. Given its simplicity, this Chern-Simons action should form a fruitful starting point for analysing perturbative properties of Yang-Mills theory.
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spellingShingle Ambitwistor Yang-Mills Theory Revisited
Borsten, Leron
Jurco, Branislav
Kim, Hyungrok
Saemann, Christian
Wolf, Martin
High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
Inspired by the Movshev-Mason-Skinner Cauchy-Riemann (CR) ambitwistor approach, we provide a rigorous yet elementary construction of a twisted CR holomorphic Chern-Simons action on CR ambitwistor space for maximally supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory on four-dimensional Euclidean space. The key ingredient in our discussion is the homotopy algebraic perspective on perturbative quantum field theory. Using this technology, we show that both theories are semi-classically equivalent, that is, we construct a quasi-isomorphism between the cyclic $L_\infty$-algebras governing both field theories. This confirms a conjecture from the literature. Furthermore, we also show that the Yang-Mills action is obtained by integrating out an infinite tower of auxiliary fields in the Chern-Simons action, that is, the two theories are related by homotopy transfer. Given its simplicity, this Chern-Simons action should form a fruitful starting point for analysing perturbative properties of Yang-Mills theory.
title Ambitwistor Yang-Mills Theory Revisited
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.16727