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A Chiral ${\Lambda}$-$\mathfrak{bms}_4$ Symmetry of AdS$_4$ Gravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-11-26 v3 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

Generalising the chiral boundary conditions of R1,3\mathbb{R}^{1,3} gravity for AdS4_4 gravity, we derive chiral locally AdS4_4 solutions in the Newman-Unti gauge consistent with a variational principle whose asymptotic symmetry algebra we show, to be an infinite-dimensional chiral extension of so(2,3)\mathfrak{so}(2,3). This symmetry algebra coincides with the chiral bms4\mathfrak{bms}_4 algebra in the flat space limit. We posit this symmetry algebra as the chiral version of recently discovered Λ\Lambda-bms4\mathfrak{bms}_4 algebra. We postulate line integral charges from the bulk AdS4_4 gravity corresponding to this chiral symmetry algebra and show that the charges obey the semi-classical limit of a W\mathcal{W}-algebra that includes a level κ\kappa Kac-Moody sl(2,R)\mathfrak{sl}(2,\mathbb{R}) current algebra. Furthermore, using the standard tools of 2d2d CFT, we derive the quantum version of this W\mathcal{W}-algebra which may be denoted by W(2;(3/2)2,13)\mathcal{W}(2;(3/2)^2,1^3).

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@article{arxiv.2211.13176,
  title  = {A Chiral ${\Lambda}$-$\mathfrak{bms}_4$ Symmetry of AdS$_4$ Gravity},
  author = {Nishant Gupta and Nemani V. Suryanarayana},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.13176},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

34 pages. v3: Accepted for publication in Nuclear Phys.B. References added, minor changes in Introduction and Conclusions. v2: The title has been changed to reflect better the content of the paper. The manuscript has been revised to add the section on the derivation of $\mathcal{W}$-algebra from AdS$_4$ gravity. Elaborated introduction. References added

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