A $d$-Dimensional Stress Tensor for Mink$_{d+2}$ Gravity
Abstract
We consider the tree-level scattering of massless particles in -dimensional asymptotically flat spacetimes. The -matrix elements are recast as correlation functions of local operators living on a space-like cut of the null momentum cone. The Lorentz group is nonlinearly realized as the Euclidean conformal group on . Operators of non-trivial spin arise from massless particles transforming in non-trivial representations of the little group , and distinguished operators arise from the soft-insertions of gauge bosons and gravitons. The leading soft-photon operator is the shadow transform of a conserved spin-one primary operator , and the subleading soft-graviton operator is the shadow transform of a conserved spin-two symmetric traceless primary operator . The universal form of the soft-limits ensures that and obey the Ward identities expected of a conserved current and energy momentum tensor in a Euclidean CFT, respectively.
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@article{arxiv.1711.04371,
title = {A $d$-Dimensional Stress Tensor for Mink$_{d+2}$ Gravity},
author = {Daniel Kapec and Prahar Mitra},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.04371},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
19 pages. v2: Updated acknowledgements and fixed typos