Supertranslations from Scattering Amplitudes

Elkhidir, Asaad; O’Connell, Donal; Roiban, Radu

doi:10.1103/fxdk-5qwc

Supertranslations from Scattering Amplitudes

Journal Article · Wed Oct 08 00:00:00 EDT 2025 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/fxdk-5qwc· OSTI ID:3007350

^[1]; O’Connell, Donal ^[1]; ^[2]

The University of Edinburgh, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (United States)

On shell methods have found a new application to local observables such as asymptotic radiation fields and gravitational waveforms. While these observables are invariant under small gauge transformations, they are known to depend on a choice of asymptotic gauge; in gravity on asymptotically Minkowski spacetimes, this is a choice of Bondi-Van der Burg-Metzner-Sachs frame. In this Letter, we provide a method for capturing these supertranslations, to all orders in perturbation theory, using the on shell framework of scattering amplitudes.

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Research Organization:: The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0019066

OSTI ID:: 3007350

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Issue: 15 Vol. 135; ISSN 1079-7114; ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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