Asymptotic symmetries and Weinberg’s soft photon theorem in Minkd+2
Abstract
We show that Weinberg's leading soft photon theorem in massless abelian gauge theories implies the existence of an infinite-dimensional large gauge symmetry which acts non-trivially on the null boundaries $${\mathscr I}^\pm$$ of $(d+2)$-dimensional Minkowski spacetime. These symmetries are parameterized by an arbitrary function $$\varepsilon(x)$$ of the $$d$$-dimensional celestial sphere living at $${\mathscr I}^\pm$$. This extends the previously established equivalence between Weinberg's leading soft theorem and asymptotic symmetries from four and higher even dimensions to all higher dimensions.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States). Center for Quantum Mathematics and Physics (QMAP)
- Inst. for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ (United States); Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC); USDOE Office of Secretary of Energy (S)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1597001
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0009988; SC0009999
- Resource Type:
- Journal Article: Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 2019; Journal Issue: 10; Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479
- Publisher:
- Springer Berlin
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS; Field Theories in Higher Dimensions; Gauge Symmetry; Scattering Amplitudes
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He, Temple, and Mitra, Prahar. Asymptotic symmetries and Weinberg’s soft photon theorem in Minkd+2. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1007/JHEP10(2019)213.
He, Temple, & Mitra, Prahar. Asymptotic symmetries and Weinberg’s soft photon theorem in Minkd+2. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2019)213
He, Temple, and Mitra, Prahar. 2019.
"Asymptotic symmetries and Weinberg’s soft photon theorem in Minkd+2". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2019)213. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1597001.
@article{osti_1597001,
title = {Asymptotic symmetries and Weinberg’s soft photon theorem in Minkd+2},
author = {He, Temple and Mitra, Prahar},
abstractNote = {We show that Weinberg's leading soft photon theorem in massless abelian gauge theories implies the existence of an infinite-dimensional large gauge symmetry which acts non-trivially on the null boundaries ${\mathscr I}^\pm$ of $(d+2)$-dimensional Minkowski spacetime. These symmetries are parameterized by an arbitrary function $\varepsilon(x)$ of the $d$-dimensional celestial sphere living at ${\mathscr I}^\pm$. This extends the previously established equivalence between Weinberg's leading soft theorem and asymptotic symmetries from four and higher even dimensions to all higher dimensions.},
doi = {10.1007/JHEP10(2019)213},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1597001},
journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)},
issn = {1029-8479},
number = 10,
volume = 2019,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 21 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Mon Oct 21 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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