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Main Author: Wasnik, Vaibhav
Format: Preprint
Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.04642
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author Wasnik, Vaibhav
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contents We construct a four-dimensional conformal amplitude whose four-point structure matches the Virasoro-Shapiro form familiar from string theory. The construction uses only general principles of conformal field theory - radial quantization, scale invariance, and analyticity - and does not rely on worldsheet geometry or string degrees of freedom. The resulting object is a kinematical, first quantized amplitude defined by symmetry and consistency, providing a four-dimensional realization of stringlike analytic structure and a concrete target for amplitude bootstrap approaches.
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spellingShingle A four-dimensional conformal construction of Virasoro-Shapiro amplitudes
Wasnik, Vaibhav
High Energy Physics - Theory
We construct a four-dimensional conformal amplitude whose four-point structure matches the Virasoro-Shapiro form familiar from string theory. The construction uses only general principles of conformal field theory - radial quantization, scale invariance, and analyticity - and does not rely on worldsheet geometry or string degrees of freedom. The resulting object is a kinematical, first quantized amplitude defined by symmetry and consistency, providing a four-dimensional realization of stringlike analytic structure and a concrete target for amplitude bootstrap approaches.
title A four-dimensional conformal construction of Virasoro-Shapiro amplitudes
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.04642