Dual conformal invariant kinematics and folding of Grassmannian cluster algebras

TL;DR

This paper explores how constraining four-dimensional Grassmannian cluster algebras to three-dimensional subspaces can be understood as a folding process, providing explicit formulas and initial quivers that confirm this interpretation.

Contribution

It derives general expressions for D=3 constraints on Gr(4,n) cluster algebras and constructs initial quivers that demonstrate the folding process.

Findings

Derived explicit formulas for D=3 constraints in terms of Plücker variables.

Constructed initial quivers that realize the folding conditions.

Confirmed the interpretation of D=4 to D=3 folding in Grassmannian cluster algebras.

Abstract

In quantum field theory study, Grassmannian manifolds $\text{Gr}(4,n)$ are closely related to $D{=}4$ kinematics input for $n$-particle scattering processes, whose combinatorial and geometrical structures have been widely applied in studying conformal invariant physical theories and their scattering amplitudes. Recently, \cite{HLY21} observed that constraining $D{=}4$ kinematics input to its $D{=}3$ subspace can be interpreted as folding Grassmannian cluster algebras $\mathbb{C}[\text{Gr}(4,n)]$. In this paper, we deduce general expressions for these constraints in terms of Pl\"ucker variables of $\text{Gr}(4,n)$ directly from $D{=}3$ subspace definition, and propose a series of initial quivers for algebra $\mathbb{C}[\text{Gr}(4,n)]$ whose folding conditions exactly meet the constraints, which proves the observation finally.