Double-soft graviton amplitudes and the extended BMS charge algebra
Abstract
We discuss how scattering amplitudes in 4d Minkowski spacetime which involve multiple soft gravitons realize the algebra of BMS charges on the null boundary. In particular, we show how the commutator of two such charges is realized by the antisymmetrized consecutive soft limit of the double soft amplitude. The commutator is expected to be robust even in the presence of quantum corrections, and the associated Lie algebra has an extension, which breaks the BMS symmetry if the BMS algebra is taken to include the Virasoro algebra of local superrotations. We discuss the implications of this structure for the existence of a 2d CFT dual description for 4d scattering amplitudes.
- Authors:
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- Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)
- Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)
- Manhattan College, New York, NY (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Foundation (NSF)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1611233
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0009919; PHY-1620610; PHY-1066293
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Journal of High Energy Physics (Online); Journal Volume: 2019; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 1029-8479
- Publisher:
- Springer Berlin
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; physics; classical theories of gravity; gauge symmetry; scattering amplitudes; Space-Time symmetries
Citation Formats
Distler, Jacques, Flauger, Raphael, and Horn, Bart. Double-soft graviton amplitudes and the extended BMS charge algebra. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1007/jhep08(2019)021.
Distler, Jacques, Flauger, Raphael, & Horn, Bart. Double-soft graviton amplitudes and the extended BMS charge algebra. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep08(2019)021
Distler, Jacques, Flauger, Raphael, and Horn, Bart. Mon .
"Double-soft graviton amplitudes and the extended BMS charge algebra". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/jhep08(2019)021. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1611233.
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title = {Double-soft graviton amplitudes and the extended BMS charge algebra},
author = {Distler, Jacques and Flauger, Raphael and Horn, Bart},
abstractNote = {We discuss how scattering amplitudes in 4d Minkowski spacetime which involve multiple soft gravitons realize the algebra of BMS charges on the null boundary. In particular, we show how the commutator of two such charges is realized by the antisymmetrized consecutive soft limit of the double soft amplitude. The commutator is expected to be robust even in the presence of quantum corrections, and the associated Lie algebra has an extension, which breaks the BMS symmetry if the BMS algebra is taken to include the Virasoro algebra of local superrotations. We discuss the implications of this structure for the existence of a 2d CFT dual description for 4d scattering amplitudes.},
doi = {10.1007/jhep08(2019)021},
journal = {Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)},
number = 8,
volume = 2019,
place = {United States},
year = {2019},
month = {8}
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