Asymptotic symmetries in (d + 2)-dimensional gauge theories

Abstract

Abstract We show that the subleading soft photon theorem in a (d + 2)-dimensional massless abelian gauge theory gives rise to a Ward identity corresponding to divergent large gauge transformations acting on the celestial sphere at null infinity. We further generalize our analysis to (d + 2)-dimensional non-abelian gauge theories and show that the leading and subleading soft gluon theorem give rise to Ward identities corresponding to asymptotic symmetries of the theory.

Keywords

• Field Theories in Higher Dimensions
• Gauge Symmetry
• Scattering Amplitudes