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General hierarchy of charges at null infinity via the Todd polynomials

Silvia Nagy1,*, Javier Peraza2,3,†, and Giorgio Pizzolo1,‡

  • 1Department of Mathematical Sciences, Durham University, Durham, DH1 3LE, United Kingdom
  • 2Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la República, Igúa 4225, Montevideo, Uruguay
  • 3Concordia University, Mathematics and Statistics Department, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

  • *Contact author: silvia.nagy@durham.ac.uk
  • †Contact author: javier.perazamartiarena@concordia.ca
  • ‡Contact author: giorgio.pizzolo@durham.ac.uk

Phys. Rev. D 111, L061903 – Published 31 March, 2025

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.111.L061903

Abstract

We give a general procedure for constructing an extended phase space for Yang-Mills theory at null infinity, capable of handling the asymptotic symmetries and construction of charges responsible for subn-leading soft theorems at all orders. The procedure is coordinate and gauge-choice independent and can be fed into the calculation of both tree and loop-level soft limits. We find a hierarchy in the extended phase space controlled by the Bernoulli numbers arising in Todd genus computations. We give an example of a calculation at tree level, in radial gauge, where we also uncover recursion relations at all orders for the equations of motion and charges.

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