Scattering of Null strings - Flipped Vacuum & CHY

Abstract

We investigate the scattering of null tensionless strings. Classical null strings, given by the ILST action, give rise to three distinct quantum theories built on different vacua and representations of the underlying 2d Conformal Carroll algebra (CCA) which form the residual gauge symmetries on the null worldsheet. In this paper, we are interested in the quantum theory built out of the so-called ``flipped'' vacuum which realises the highest weight representation of the 2d CCA. By considering a novel class of vertex operators, intimately connected to the compactified null string, we build scattering amplitudes of the theory. We show that one naturally obtains the Cachazo-He-Yuan (CHY) formulae when one considers scattering of massless states in the null ``flipped'' string.