Chiral $\Lambda$-$\mathfrak{bms}_4$ symmetry of 3d conformal gravity
Abstract
We propose mixed boundary conditions for 3d conformal gravity consistent with variational principle in its second-order formalism that admit the chiral - algebra as their asymptotic symmetry algebra. This algebra is one of the four chiral -algebra extensions of and is a generalisation of the chiral algebra responsible for soft theorems of graviton MHV amplitudes in gravity to the case of non-zero negative cosmological constant. The corresponding charges calculated using the modified covariant phase space formalism are shown to be finite and integrable, and realise this non-linear -algebra.
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@article{arxiv.2405.20244,
title = {Chiral $\Lambda$-$\mathfrak{bms}_4$ symmetry of 3d conformal gravity},
author = {Nishant Gupta and Nemani V. Suryanarayana},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.20244},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
23 pages. v3: Accepted for publication in EPJC. The fourth gauge condition is modified to include the global AdS$_3$ solution. Minor typos corrected and improved overall presentation. v2: Minor modifications and corrected typos in the equations which do not affect the final results. References added