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Note on higher spins and holographic symmetry algebra

High Energy Physics - Theory 2026-05-25 v2

Abstract

In this paper we discuss a higher spin extension of the holographic symmetry algebra for graviton and gluon. Our primary observation is that in the presence of higher spin particles the soft symmetry algebra has a subalgebra isomorphic to ww_{\infty} which is generated by the \textit{conformally soft higher spin particles}. This ww_{\infty} subalgebra does not commute with the w1+w_{1+\infty} subalegbra generated by the conformally soft gravitons. The same thing holds for the colored higher spin particles. One gets a subalgebra isomorphic to the SS-algebra which is generated by the conformally soft colored higher spin particles. We further verify the soft algebra for colored higher spin particles using the (tree-level) 44-point MHV amplitude of the higher spin Yang-Mills theory constructed in arXiv:2210.07130. At the end we also discuss the higher spin extension of the deformed holographic symmetry algebra for non-zero cosmological constant as constructed in arXiv:2312.00876.

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@article{arxiv.2602.03365,
  title  = {Note on higher spins and holographic symmetry algebra},
  author = {Shamik Banerjee and Suman Guchait and Raju Mandal and Sudhakar Panda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2602.03365},
  year   = {2026}
}

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21 pages, Latex, References added