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A consistent set of asymptotic conditions for higher spin gravity in three dimensions is proposed in the case of vanishing cosmological constant. The asymptotic symmetries are found to be spanned by a higher spin extension of the BMS3…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-09-09 Hernan A. Gonzalez , Javier Matulich , Miguel Pino , Ricardo Troncoso

In this work we construct a novel associative algebra and use it to define a theory of higher-spin gravity in (2+1)-dimensional asymptotically flat spacetimes. Our construction is based on a quotient of the universal enveloping algebra…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-02-01 Martin Ammon , Michel Pannier , Max Riegler

An enhanced version of the conformal BMS$_{3}$ algebra is presented. It is shown to emerge from the asymptotic structure of an extension of conformal gravity in 3D by Pope and Townsend that consistently accommodates an additional spin-2…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-04-18 Oscar Fuentealba , Iva Lovrekovic , David Tempo , Ricardo Troncoso

We provide a holographic bulk realization of Carrollian free-field structures arising in three-dimensional asymptotically flat (higher-spin) gravity. We construct a class of boundary conditions that generalizes the diagonal gauge of Anti-de…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-01 Ethan D'Arcy , Arnaud Delfante , Stefan Fredenhagen

We construct a novel higher-spin theory of gravity in 2+1 spacetime dimensions. The construction is based on a higher-spin super-algebra extending the Poincare group. Our algebra accommodates all integer and half-integer spins from 1 to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-11-03 George Georgiou

We revisit the status of asymptotic symmetries in higher even dimensions and propose a definition of superrotation charge beyond linearized gravity. We prove that there is a well-defined spacetime action of the superrotation charge on the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-01-11 Chandramouli Chowdhury , Anupam A. H. , Arpan Kundu

We study the chiral flat space higher-spin algebra, which is the global symmetry algebra of the chiral higher-spin theory in the 4d Minkowski space. We find that it can be constructed as the universal enveloping algebra of a certain chiral…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-02-01 Dmitry Ponomarev

We investigate the supersymmetric versions of Bondi-Metzner-Sachs or, equivalently, conformal Carroll symmetry in boundary dimensions $d>3$, with applications of flat space holography in mind. We identify the contraction of the relativistic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-05-25 Arjun Bagchi , Daniel Grumiller , Poulami Nandi

The extended BMS algebra contains a conformal subgroup that acts on the celestial sphere as SO(3,1). It is of interest to perform mode expansions of free fields in Minkowski spacetime that realize this symmetry in a simple way. In the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-07-28 Chang Liu , David A. Lowe

The asymptotic structure of three-dimensional Carroll gravity with negative cosmological constant is studied. We formulate a consistent set of boundary conditions preserved by an infinite-dimensional extension of the AdS$_3$ Carroll…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-06-25 Luis Avilés , Oscar Fuentealba , Diego Hidalgo , Pablo Rodríguez

The asymptotically flat structure of $\mathcal{N}=(2,0)$ supergravity in three spacetime dimensions is explored. The asymptotic symmetries are spanned by an extension of the super-BMS$_3$ algebra, with two independent $\hat{u}(1)$ currents…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-10-11 Oscar Fuentealba , Javier Matulich , Ricardo Troncoso

It is well-known that future timelike infinity ($i^+$) in four-dimensional Minkowski spacetime is conformal to the unit three-dimensional hyperboloid ($H^3$). We asymptotically expand massive fields with spin $0,1,2$ near $i^+$ and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-09 Wen-Bin Liu , Jiang Long

We show that the geometry of the asymptotic infinities of Minkowski spacetime (in $d+1$ dimensions) is captured by homogeneous spaces of the Poincar\'e group: the blow-ups of spatial (Spi) and timelike (Ti) infinities in the sense of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-05-01 José Figueroa-O'Farrill , Emil Have , Stefan Prohazka , Jakob Salzer

We study W-algebras obtained by quantum Hamiltonian reduction of $sl(Mn)$ associated to the $sl(2)$ embedding of rectangular type. The algebra can be realized as the asymptotic symmetry of higher spin gravity with $M \times M$ matrix valued…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-10-23 Thomas Creutzig , Yasuaki Hikida

The asymptotic structure of null and spatial infinities of asymptotically flat spacetimes plays an essential role in discussing gravitational radiation, gravitational memory effect, and conserved quantities in General Relativity. Bondi,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-01 Mariem Magdy

We present a simple group representation analysis of massive, and particularly ``partially massless'', fields of arbitrary spin in de Sitter spaces of any dimension. The method uses bulk to boundary propagators to relate these fields to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Deser , A. Waldron

We consider three dimensional $N=4$ flat supergravity, with an abelian R-symmetry enhancing the gravitational phase space. We obtain the field configuration whose asymptotic symmetries at null infinity coincide with the centrally extended…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-01-09 Nabamita Banerjee , Ivano Lodato , Turmoli Neogi

The surface charges associated with the symmetries of asymptotically flat four dimensional spacetimes at null infinity are constructed. They realize the symmetry algebra in general only up to a field-dependent central extension that…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-05-28 Glenn Barnich , Cedric Troessaert

Assuming the existence of a field theory in D dimensions dual to (D+1)-dimensional flat space, governed by the asymptotic symmetries of flat space, we make some preliminary remarks about the properties of this field theory. We review…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-02-01 Arjun Bagchi , Rudranil Basu , Ashish Kakkar , Aditya Mehra

A simple realization of the conformal higher spin symmetry on the free $3d$ massless matter fields is given in terms of an auxiliary Fock module both in the flat and $AdS_3$ case. The duality between non-unitary field-theoretical…

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