Worldline geometries for scattering amplitudes
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| author | Bonezzi, Roberto Kallimani, Maria Foteini |
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| contents | In this paper, we construct the path integral for infinite and semi-infinite scalar worldlines. We show that, at the asymptotic endpoints, on-shell physical states can be generated by inserting vertex operators at infinity. This procedure implements automatically the LSZ reduction, thus leading to a direct worldline representation of scattering amplitudes. To obtain it, we introduce generalized vertex operators, to be viewed as the gluing of entire tree subdiagrams to a given worldline. We demonstrate that the subdiagrams themselves are given, via a recursive relation, by correlation functions on the semi-infinite line. In this sense, the approach we take is fully first-quantized, in that it does not need any field theoretic quantity as input. We envisage that, when suitably extended to gauge theories, it could provide useful insights in addressing current research issues, such as color-kinematics duality. |
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| spellingShingle | Worldline geometries for scattering amplitudes Bonezzi, Roberto Kallimani, Maria Foteini High Energy Physics - Theory In this paper, we construct the path integral for infinite and semi-infinite scalar worldlines. We show that, at the asymptotic endpoints, on-shell physical states can be generated by inserting vertex operators at infinity. This procedure implements automatically the LSZ reduction, thus leading to a direct worldline representation of scattering amplitudes. To obtain it, we introduce generalized vertex operators, to be viewed as the gluing of entire tree subdiagrams to a given worldline. We demonstrate that the subdiagrams themselves are given, via a recursive relation, by correlation functions on the semi-infinite line. In this sense, the approach we take is fully first-quantized, in that it does not need any field theoretic quantity as input. We envisage that, when suitably extended to gauge theories, it could provide useful insights in addressing current research issues, such as color-kinematics duality. |
| title | Worldline geometries for scattering amplitudes |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.18030 |