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Main Authors: Bartsch, Christoph, Kampf, Karol, Novotný, Jiří, Trnka, Jaroslav
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.01501
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author Bartsch, Christoph
Kampf, Karol
Novotný, Jiří
Trnka, Jaroslav
author_facet Bartsch, Christoph
Kampf, Karol
Novotný, Jiří
Trnka, Jaroslav
contents A new perspective on the inverse string theory Kawai-Lewellen-Tye (KLT) kernel is provided which establishes the universality of scattering amplitudes in the bi-adjoint scalar (BAS) theory, pions in the Non-linear sigma model (NLSM), and mixed amplitudes (NLSM+$ϕ^3$) recently studied in the literature. We show that all these amplitudes can be viewed as equivalent, arising from a single function, the inverse string theory KLT kernel, evaluated at different kinematic points. In this way cubic colored scalars and pions become interchangeable through a procedure we call the $α'$-shift. The latter complements the $δ$-shift proposed by Arkani-Hamed et al., and demonstrates an inherent equivalence of scattering amplitudes in different quantum field theories by embedding them in a common stringy framework.
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spellingShingle Universality of Colored Scalars from the Stringy KLT Kernel
Bartsch, Christoph
Kampf, Karol
Novotný, Jiří
Trnka, Jaroslav
High Energy Physics - Theory
A new perspective on the inverse string theory Kawai-Lewellen-Tye (KLT) kernel is provided which establishes the universality of scattering amplitudes in the bi-adjoint scalar (BAS) theory, pions in the Non-linear sigma model (NLSM), and mixed amplitudes (NLSM+$ϕ^3$) recently studied in the literature. We show that all these amplitudes can be viewed as equivalent, arising from a single function, the inverse string theory KLT kernel, evaluated at different kinematic points. In this way cubic colored scalars and pions become interchangeable through a procedure we call the $α'$-shift. The latter complements the $δ$-shift proposed by Arkani-Hamed et al., and demonstrates an inherent equivalence of scattering amplitudes in different quantum field theories by embedding them in a common stringy framework.
title Universality of Colored Scalars from the Stringy KLT Kernel
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.01501