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Asymptotic symmetry algebra of Einstein gravity and Lorentz generators

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-02-21 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

The asymptotic symmetry algebra of four-dimensional Einstein gravity in the asymptotically flat context has been shown recently to be the direct sum of the Poincar\'e algebra and of an infinite-dimensional abelian algebra (with central charge) that includes the Bondi-Metzner-Sachs supertranslations. This result, obtained within the Hamiltonian formalism, yields a supertranslation invariant definition of the Lorentz generators (angular momentum and boosts). Definitions of Lorentz generators free from the ``supertranslation ambiguities'' have also been proposed recently at null infinity. We prove the equivalence of the two approaches for redefining the charges.

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@article{arxiv.2305.05436,
  title  = {Asymptotic symmetry algebra of Einstein gravity and Lorentz generators},
  author = {Oscar Fuentealba and Marc Henneaux and Cédric Troessaert},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.05436},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

6 pages, no figures. Footnote and references added. Matches published version in PRL