Chih-Hao Fu
Colour-kinematics duality and the Drinfeld double of the Lie algebra of diffeomorphisms
Fu, Chih-Hao; Krasnov, Kirill
Abstract
Colour-kinematics duality suggests that Yang-Mills (YM) theory possesses some hidden Lie algebraic structure. So far this structure has resisted understanding, apart from some progress in the self-dual sector. We show that there is indeed a Lie algebra behind the YM Feynman rules. The Lie algebra we uncover is the Drinfeld double of the Lie algebra of vector fields. More specifically, we show that the kinematic numerators following from the YM Feynman rules satisfy a version of the Jacobi identity, in that the Jacobiator of the bracket defined by the YM cubic vertex is cancelled by the contribution of the YM quartic vertex. We then show that this Jacobi-like identity is in fact the Jacobi identity of the Drinfeld double. All our considerations are off-shell. Our construction explains why numerators computed using the Feynman rules satisfy the colour-kinematics at four but not at higher numbers of points. It also suggests a way of modifying the Feynman rules so that the duality can continue to hold for an arbitrary number of gluons. Our construction stops short of producing explicit higher point numerators because of an absence of a certain property at four points. We comment on possible ways of correcting this, but leave the next word in the story to future work.
Citation
Fu, C.-H., & Krasnov, K. (in press). Colour-kinematics duality and the Drinfeld double of the Lie algebra of diffeomorphisms. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017, Article 75. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01%282017%29075
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Jan 3, 2017 |
Online Publication Date | Jan 17, 2017 |
Deposit Date | Aug 9, 2017 |
Publicly Available Date | Aug 9, 2017 |
Journal | Journal of High Energy Physics |
Electronic ISSN | 1029-8479 |
Publisher | Springer Verlag |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 2017 |
Article Number | 75 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01%282017%29075 |
Keywords | Scattering Amplitudes, Differential and Algebraic Geometry |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/840075 |
Publisher URL | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2FJHEP01%282017%29075 |
Contract Date | Aug 9, 2017 |
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