Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: When performing the Fourier transform of the scattering amplitudes in Yang–Mills theory from momentum space to real twistor space, we encounter sign factors that break global conformal invariance. Previous studies conjectured that the sign factors are intrinsic in the real twistor space corresponding to the split signature space-time; hence, they will not appear in the complex twistor space corresponding to the Lorentzian signature space-time. In this study, we present a new geometrical interpretation of the sign factors by investigating the domain of the delta functions on the real twistor space. In addition, we propose a new definition of delta functions on the complex twistor space in terms of the Čech cohomology group without any sign factors and show that these delta functions have conformal invariance. Moreover, we show that the inverse Fourier transforms of these delta functions are the scattering amplitudes in Yang–Mills theory. Thus, the sign factors do not appear in the complex twistor space.
Author: Jun-Ichi Note
Institution: Nihon University
Language: English
Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W4413850366