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Perturbative Quantum Gravity as a Double Copy of Gauge Theory

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In a previous paper we observed that (classical) tree-level gauge theory amplitudes can be rearranged to display a duality between color and kinematics. Once this is imposed, gravity amplitudes are obtained using two copies of gauge-theory diagram numerators. Here we conjecture that this duality persists to all quantum loop orders and can thus be used to obtain multiloop gravity amplitudes easily from gauge-theory ones. As a nontrivial test, we show that the three-loop four-point amplitude of N = 4 super-Yang-Mills theory can be arranged into a form satisfying the duality, and by taking double copies of the diagram numerators we obtain the corresponding amplitude of N = 8 supergravity. We also remark on a non-supersymmetric two-loop test based on pure Yang-Mills theory resulting in gravity coupled to an anti-symmetric tensor and dilaton.

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Twisted de Rham theory for string double copy in AdS

hep-th · 2025-12-29 · conditional · novelty 8.0

Noncommutative twisted de Rham theory derives the intersection number of open-string contours whose inverse is the double-copy kernel for four-point AdS string generating functions.

On differential operators and unifying relations for $1$-loop Feynman integrands

hep-th · 2021-08-09 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

Differential operators built from the 1-loop CHY formula map the gravitational 1-loop Feynman integrand to those of Einstein-Yang-Mills, pure Yang-Mills, Born-Infeld, bi-adjoint scalar, and other theories, with factorization into tree-level operators under unitarity cuts.

Untwisting the double copy: the zeroth copy as an optical seed

hep-th · 2026-04-06 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

A single complex optical seed built from expansion and twist organizes stationary Kerr-Schild geometries, reconstructs the congruence, and encodes the zeroth-copy data that generates both the gravitational profile and the single-copy gauge field.

Hawking Radiation meets the Double Copy

hep-th · 2025-10-29 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Bogoliubov coefficients from scattering a scalar in a collapsing EM background (single copy of Vaidya) match ray-tracing results and connect to Hawking radiation through the double copy.

Amplitudes in self-dual (higher-spin) theories

hep-th · 2026-04-27 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

All self-dual theories with or without higher-spin fields possess nontrivial tree-level amplitudes in Kleinian or complex Minkowski kinematics, completing the celestial analogue of the higher-spin duality.

Black Hole Response Theory and its Exact Shockwave Limit

hep-th · 2026-04-23 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Black hole response theory in WQFT exactly reproduces the Aichelburg-Sexl shockwave metric, geodesics, and the transfer matrix for gravitational-wave scattering off it via post-Minkowskian resummation.

Tree Amplitudes with Charged Matter in Pure Gauge Theory

hep-th · 2026-04-20 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

A new Mathematica package computes tree amplitudes with arbitrary gauge bosons and arbitrarily charged massless fermions by reducing distinct-flavor partial amplitudes to linear combinations of single-flavor supersymmetric Yang-Mills components.

Kerr-Schild Double Copy of the Randall-Sundrum Black String

hep-th · 2026-04-07 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Kerr-Schild double copy of the RS II black string produces a sourceless Maxwell single copy and a warp-induced massive scalar zeroth copy, with an alternative splitting giving inequivalent gauge and scalar fields.

Residual Symmetries and Their Algebras in the Kerr-Schild Double Copy

hep-th · 2026-04-06 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0 · 2 refs

The Kerr-Schild double copy does not map residual symmetries between Yang-Mills and gravity; gravitational conformal Killing vectors are shown to be BRST-exact after a Weyl-compensated complex, leaving only global isometries.

Weyl double copy in Lifshitz spacetimes

hep-th · 2025-11-01 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0

The regularization prescription for the Weyl double copy restores consistency with the Kerr-Schild double copy across three distinct Lifshitz black hole examples.

Note on hidden zeros and expansions of tree-level amplitudes

hep-th · 2025-02-11 · unverdicted · novelty 4.0

Hidden zeros in tree-level amplitudes of several theories are attributed to zeros of bi-adjoint scalar amplitudes via universal expansions, with a mechanism shown to cancel potential propagator divergences in gravity.

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  • Twisted de Rham theory for string double copy in AdS hep-th · 2025-12-29 · conditional · none · ref 2 · internal anchor

    Noncommutative twisted de Rham theory derives the intersection number of open-string contours whose inverse is the double-copy kernel for four-point AdS string generating functions.

  • Structure of Chern-Simons Graviton Scattering Amplitudes from Topological Graviton Equivalence Theorem and Double Copy hep-th · 2025-12-11 · unverdicted · none · ref 12 · internal anchor

    Establishes the Topological Graviton Equivalence Theorem to prove large energy cancellations in N-point massive graviton amplitudes and constructs three- and four-point amplitudes via double copy from topologically massive Yang-Mills.

  • $D$-Dimensional Modular Assembly of Higher-Derivative Four-Point Contact Amplitudes Involving Fermions hep-ph · 2025-11-07 · unverdicted · none · ref 15 · internal anchor

    A modular assembly method constructs D-dimensional higher-derivative four-point amplitudes involving fermions from gauge-invariant blocks, color factors, and permutation-invariant scalar polynomials.

  • On differential operators and unifying relations for $1$-loop Feynman integrands hep-th · 2021-08-09 · unverdicted · none · ref 3 · internal anchor

    Differential operators built from the 1-loop CHY formula map the gravitational 1-loop Feynman integrand to those of Einstein-Yang-Mills, pure Yang-Mills, Born-Infeld, bi-adjoint scalar, and other theories, with factorization into tree-level operators under unitarity cuts.

  • Black Hole Interiors as a Laboratory for Time-Dependent Classical Double Copy hep-th · 2026-04-21 · unverdicted · none · ref 4

    Trapped black hole interiors admit exact time-dependent classical double copy via Kantowski-Sachs patches from static Kerr-Schild data, characterized by p_parallel = -ρ, with finite single-copy fields in regular solutions like Bardeen.

  • Untwisting the double copy: the zeroth copy as an optical seed hep-th · 2026-04-06 · unverdicted · none · ref 4

    A single complex optical seed built from expansion and twist organizes stationary Kerr-Schild geometries, reconstructs the congruence, and encodes the zeroth-copy data that generates both the gravitational profile and the single-copy gauge field.

  • The Smarr Formula is Gauss's Law: A Kerr-Schild Single-Copy Perspective hep-th · 2026-05-14 · unverdicted · none · ref 6 · internal anchor

    The Smarr formula is structurally identical to the single-copy Gauss's law for Kerr-Schild black holes, with the AdS pressure-volume term arising from gauge background subtraction.

  • The Penrose Transform and the Kerr-Schild double copy hep-th · 2025-11-18 · unverdicted · none · ref 8 · internal anchor

    The Kerr-Schild and twistorial double copies are equivalent for self-dual vacuum Kerr-Schild spacetimes.

  • Hawking Radiation meets the Double Copy hep-th · 2025-10-29 · unverdicted · none · ref 23 · internal anchor

    Bogoliubov coefficients from scattering a scalar in a collapsing EM background (single copy of Vaidya) match ray-tracing results and connect to Hawking radiation through the double copy.

  • Hidden zeros for higher-derivative YM and GR amplitudes at tree-level hep-th · 2025-10-13 · unverdicted · none · ref 2 · internal anchor

    Hidden zeros extend to higher-derivative tree-level gluon and graviton amplitudes, with systematic cancellation of propagator singularities shown via bi-adjoint scalar expansions.

  • Systematic approach to $\ell$-loop planar integrands from the classical equation of motion hep-th · 2025-04-22 · unverdicted · none · ref 43 · internal anchor

    A recursion formula for ℓ-loop planar integrands in colored QFTs is derived from the classical equation of motion via comb components and loop kernels.

  • Transmutation operators and expansions for $1$-loop Feynman integrands hep-th · 2022-01-05 · unverdicted · none · ref 3 · internal anchor

    New differential operators transmute 1-loop gravitational integrands to Yang-Mills ones and enable a unified web of expansions relating integrands of gravity, gauge, scalar and effective theories.

  • Amplitudes in self-dual (higher-spin) theories hep-th · 2026-04-27 · unverdicted · none · ref 75

    All self-dual theories with or without higher-spin fields possess nontrivial tree-level amplitudes in Kleinian or complex Minkowski kinematics, completing the celestial analogue of the higher-spin duality.

  • Black Hole Response Theory and its Exact Shockwave Limit hep-th · 2026-04-23 · unverdicted · none · ref 161

    Black hole response theory in WQFT exactly reproduces the Aichelburg-Sexl shockwave metric, geodesics, and the transfer matrix for gravitational-wave scattering off it via post-Minkowskian resummation.

  • Tree Amplitudes with Charged Matter in Pure Gauge Theory hep-th · 2026-04-20 · unverdicted · none · ref 27

    A new Mathematica package computes tree amplitudes with arbitrary gauge bosons and arbitrarily charged massless fermions by reducing distinct-flavor partial amplitudes to linear combinations of single-flavor supersymmetric Yang-Mills components.

  • Kerr-Schild Double Copy of the Randall-Sundrum Black String hep-th · 2026-04-07 · unverdicted · none · ref 2

    Kerr-Schild double copy of the RS II black string produces a sourceless Maxwell single copy and a warp-induced massive scalar zeroth copy, with an alternative splitting giving inequivalent gauge and scalar fields.

  • Residual Symmetries and Their Algebras in the Kerr-Schild Double Copy hep-th · 2026-04-06 · unverdicted · none · ref 11 · 2 links · internal anchor

    The Kerr-Schild double copy does not map residual symmetries between Yang-Mills and gravity; gravitational conformal Killing vectors are shown to be BRST-exact after a Weyl-compensated complex, leaving only global isometries.

  • Weyl double copy in Lifshitz spacetimes hep-th · 2025-11-01 · unverdicted · none · ref 7 · internal anchor

    The regularization prescription for the Weyl double copy restores consistency with the Kerr-Schild double copy across three distinct Lifshitz black hole examples.

  • Hidden Zeros and $2$-split via BCFW Recursion Relation hep-th · 2025-04-19 · unverdicted · none · ref 2 · internal anchor

    Hidden zeros in NLSM amplitudes are proven via modified BCFW recursion, with 2-split holding only under careful current definition.

  • Note on hidden zeros and expansions of tree-level amplitudes hep-th · 2025-02-11 · unverdicted · none · ref 2 · internal anchor

    Hidden zeros in tree-level amplitudes of several theories are attributed to zeros of bi-adjoint scalar amplitudes via universal expansions, with a mechanism shown to cancel potential propagator divergences in gravity.