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Superboost transitions, refraction memory and super-Lorentz charge algebra

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-04-22 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We derive a closed-form expression of the orbit of Minkowski spacetime under arbitrary Diff(S2)(S^2) super-Lorentz transformations and supertranslations. Such vacua are labelled by the superboost, superrotation and supertranslation fields. Impulsive transitions among vacua are related to the refraction memory effect and the displacement memory effect. A phase space is defined whose asymptotic symmetry group consists of arbitrary Diff(S2)(S^2) super-Lorentz transformations and supertranslations. It requires a renormalization of the symplectic structure. We show that our final surface charge expressions are consistent with the leading and subleading soft graviton theorems. We contrast the leading BMS triangle structure to the mixed overleading/subleading BMS square structure.

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@article{arxiv.1810.00377,
  title  = {Superboost transitions, refraction memory and super-Lorentz charge algebra},
  author = {Geoffrey Compère and Adrien Fiorucci and Romain Ruzziconi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1810.00377},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

33 pages, 2 figures. Matches the published Erratum

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