Homotopy double copy and the Kawai-Lewellen-Tye relations for the non-abelian and tensor Navier-Stokes equations

Abstract

Recently, a non-abelian generalisation of the Navier-Stokes equation that exhibits a manifest duality between colour and kinematics has been proposed by Cheung and Mangan. In this paper, we offer a new perspective on the double copy formulation of this equation, based on the homotopy algebraic picture suggested by Borsten, Kim, Jurčo, Macrelli, Saemann, and Wolf. In the process, we describe precisely how the double copy can be realised at the level of perturbiner expansions. Specifically, we will show that the colour-dressed Berends-Giele currents for the non-abelian version of the Navier-Stokes equation can be used to construct the Berends-Giele currents for the double copied equation by replacing the colour factors with a second copy of kinematic numerators. We will also show a Kawai-Lewellen-Tye relation stating that the full tree-level scattering amplitudes in the latter can be written as a product of tree-level colour ordered partial amplitudes in the former.

27 pages. Changed reference style; v3: published version

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