Lectures on the Infrared Structure of Gravity and Gauge Theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2018-02-16 v2 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
This is a redacted transcript of a course given by the author at Harvard in spring semester 2016. It contains a pedagogical overview of recent developments connecting the subjects of soft theorems, the memory effect and asymptotic symmetries in four-dimensional QED, nonabelian gauge theory and gravity with applications to black holes. The lectures may be viewed online at https://goo.gl/3DJdOr. Please send typos or corrections to [email protected].
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@article{arxiv.1703.05448,
title = {Lectures on the Infrared Structure of Gravity and Gauge Theory},
author = {Andrew Strominger},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1703.05448},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
Revised version adds short section on IR divergences and corrects minor typos . To be published Princeon University Press