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A $d$-Dimensional Stress Tensor for Mink$_{d+2}$ Gravity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2018-07-04 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We consider the tree-level scattering of massless particles in (d+2)(d+2)-dimensional asymptotically flat spacetimes. The S\mathcal{S}-matrix elements are recast as correlation functions of local operators living on a space-like cut Md\mathcal{M}_d of the null momentum cone. The Lorentz group SO(d+1,1)SO(d+1,1) is nonlinearly realized as the Euclidean conformal group on Md\mathcal{M}_d. Operators of non-trivial spin arise from massless particles transforming in non-trivial representations of the little group SO(d)SO(d), 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 JaJ_a, and the subleading soft-graviton operator is the shadow transform of a conserved spin-two symmetric traceless primary operator TabT_{ab}. The universal form of the soft-limits ensures that JaJ_a and TabT_{ab} obey the Ward identities expected of a conserved current and energy momentum tensor in a Euclidean CFTd_d, 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

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