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$BMS_4$ Surface-Charge Algebra via Hamiltonian Framework

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-17 v2

Abstract

Surface-charge algebra associated with BMS4_4 symmetry on the null infinity of asymptotically flat spacetime is studied via the Hamiltonian framework. A coordinate system, where boundaries of constant-time hypersurfaces cross the null infinity, is adopted. The equation itself which determines the variation of the surface charges turns out the same as that previously obtained via the covariant framework by Barnich and Troessaert, and is non-integrable for general radiation field CABC_{AB}. However, if CABC_{AB} is independent of retarded time uu, the variation equation is integrable and the conserved surface charges generate BMS4_4 algebra without central extension.

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@article{arxiv.1503.03225,
  title  = {$BMS_4$ Surface-Charge Algebra via Hamiltonian Framework},
  author = {Ippei Fujisawa and Ryuichi Nakayama},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.03225},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

19 pages; ver2: a footnote and a reference added

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