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Linking Past and Future Null Infinity in Three Dimensions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2017-04-19 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We provide a mapping between past null and future null infinity in three-dimensional flat space, using symmetry considerations. From this we derive a mapping between the corresponding asymptotic symmetry groups. By studying the metric at asymptotic regions, we find that the mapping is energy preserving and yields an infinite number of conservation laws.

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@article{arxiv.1701.06573,
  title  = {Linking Past and Future Null Infinity in Three Dimensions},
  author = {Stefan Prohazka and Jakob Salzer and Friedrich Schöller},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1701.06573},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

7 pages, 3 figures; added references and appendix, matches published version

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