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The asymptotic structure of gravity in $D=6$ spacetime dimensions is described at spatial infinity in the asymptotically flat context through Hamiltonian (ADM) methods. Special focus is given on the BMS supertranslation subgroup. It is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-12-21 Oscar Fuentealba , Marc Henneaux

We show that the asymptotic charges associated with Lorentz symmetries on past and future null infinity match in the limit to spatial infinity in a class of asymptotically-flat spacetimes. These are spacetimes that obey the Ashtekar-Hansen…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-08-08 Kartik Prabhu , Ibrahim Shehzad

Scalar QFT on the boundary $\Im^+$ at null infinity of a general asymptotically flat 4D spacetime is constructed using the algebraic approach based on Weyl algebra associated to a BMS-invariant symplectic form. The constructed theory is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-11 C. Dappiaggi , V. Moretti , N. Pinamonti

The asymptotic group of symmetries at null infinity of flat spacetimes in three and four dimensions is the infinite dimensional Bondi-Metzner-Sachs (BMS) group. This has recently been shown to be isomorphic to non-relativistic conformal…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-08-05 Arjun Bagchi , Reza Fareghbal

We describe asymptotic symmetries at spatial infinity of asymptotically flat spacetimes within the context of a generalization of the Beig-Schmidt-Ashtekar-Romano-framework. We demonstrate that it is possible to relax certain smoothness…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-10-10 Sharad Mishra , Kinjal Banerjee , Jishnu Bhattacharyya

We show how a global BMS4 algebra appears as the asymptotic symmetry algebra at spatial infinity. Using linearised theory, we then show that this global BMS4 algebra is the one introduced by Strominger as a symmetry of the S-matrix.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-03-08 Cédric Troessaert

In General Relativity, the allowed set of diffeomorphisms or gauge transformations at asymptotic infinity forms the BMS group, an infinite-dimensional extension of the Poincar\'e group. We focus on the structure of the BMS group in two…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-08-31 Sudarshan Ananth , Sucheta Majumdar

We consider a recently proposed extension of the Bondi-Metzner-Sachs algebra to include arbitrary infinitesimal diffeomorphisms on a (2)-sphere. To realize this extended algebra as asymptotic symmetries, we work with an extended class of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-01-06 Éanna É. Flanagan , Kartik Prabhu , Ibrahim Shehzad

We find a surprising connection between asymptotically flat space-times and non-relativistic conformal systems in one lower dimension. The BMS group is the group of asymptotic isometries of flat Minkowski space at null infinity. This is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2010-10-27 Arjun Bagchi

The surface charge algebra of generic asymptotically locally (A)dS$_4$ spacetimes without matter is derived without assuming any boundary conditions. Surface charges associated with Weyl rescalings are vanishing while the boundary…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-12-02 Geoffrey Compère , Adrien Fiorucci , Romain Ruzziconi

For asymptotically flat spacetimes, a conjecture by Strominger states that asymptotic BMS-supertranslations and their associated charges at past null infinity $\mathscr{I}^{-}$ can be related to those at future null infinity…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-01 Mariem Magdy , Kartik Prabhu , Juan A. Valiente Kroon

Super-BMS$_4$ algebras -- also called BMS$_4$ superalgebras -- are graded extensions of the BMS$_4$ algebra. They can be of two different types: they can contain either a finite number or an infinite number of fermionic generators. We show…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-12-22 Oscar Fuentealba , Marc Henneaux , Sucheta Majumdar , Javier Matulich , Turmoli Neogi

We study the Lie group structure of asymptotic symmetry groups in General Relativity from the viewpoint of infinite-dimensional geometry. To this end, we review the geometric definition of asymptotic simplicity and emptiness due to Penrose…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-03-01 David Prinz , Alexander Schmeding

We describe the conformal symmetries of asymptotically flat spacetime. These represent an extension of the BMS group that we call the conformal BMS group. Its general features are discussed.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-12-06 Sasha J. Haco , Stephen W. Hawking , Malcolm J. Perry , Jacob L. Bourjaily

These are the extended lecture notes for a minicourse presented at the I S\~ao Paulo School on Gravitational Physics discussing the Bondi--Metzner--Sachs (BMS) group, the group of symmetries at null infinity on asymptotically flat…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-14 Níckolas de Aguiar Alves

The BMS (Bondi-van der Burg-Metzner-Sachs) symmetry arises as the asymptotic symmetry of flat spacetime at null infinity. In particular, the BMS algebra for three dimensional flat spacetime (BMS$_3$) is generated by the super-rotation…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-07-13 Peng-xiang Hao , Wei Song , Xianjin Xie , Yuan Zhong

We investigate the asymptotia of decelerating and spatially flat FLRW spacetimes at future null infinity. We find that the asymptotic algebra of diffeomorphisms can be enlarged to the recently discovered Weyl-BMS algebra for asymptotically…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-02-09 Martin Enriquez-Rojo , Till Heckelbacher , Roberto Oliveri

We study the finite distance boundary symmetry current algebra of the most general first order theory of 3d gravity. We show that the space of quadratic generators contains diffeomorphisms but also a notion of dual diffeomorphisms, which…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-09-13 Marc Geiller , Christophe Goeller

These notes are an introduction to asymptotic symmetries in gauge theories, with a focus on general relativity in four dimensions. We explain how to impose consistent sets of boundary conditions in the gauge fixing approach and how to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-05-05 Romain Ruzziconi

BMS symmetries have been attracting a great deal of interest in recent years. Originally discovered as being the symmetries of asymptotically flat spacetime geometries at null infinity in General Relativity, BMS symmetries have also been…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-10-02 Daddy Balondo Iyela , Jan Govaerts