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Finite actions and asymptotic charges at null infinity for any spin

High Energy Physics - Theory 2025-10-23 v2

Abstract

We identify boundary terms renormalizing the free on-shell actions for massless fields of arbitrary spin, including electromagnetism and linearized gravity, with boundary conditions allowing for supertranslation-like asymptotic symmetries. Our focus is on null infinity, in any spacetime dimensions. We also comment on the renormalization of the corresponding asymptotic charges.

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@article{arxiv.2507.19310,
  title  = {Finite actions and asymptotic charges at null infinity for any spin},
  author = {Andrea Campoleoni and Arnaud Delfante and Dario Francia and Carlo Heissenberg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.19310},
  year   = {2025}
}

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10 pages. Comments and references added