Generalized BMS Algebra at Timelike Infinity

BMS group (and it's various generalizations) at null infinity have been studied extensively in the literature as the symmetry group of asymptotically flat spacetimes. The intricate relationship between soft theorems and the BMS symmetries have also motivated the definition of such asymptotic sy...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2020-05
Main Authors: Anupam, A H, Khairnar, Aniket, Kundu, Arpan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algebra
Asymptotic properties
Fields (mathematics)
Group theory
Infinity
Isomorphism
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Summary:BMS group (and it's various generalizations) at null infinity have been studied extensively in the literature as the symmetry group of asymptotically flat spacetimes. The intricate relationship between soft theorems and the BMS symmetries have also motivated the definition of such asymptotic symmetries to time-like infinity. Although the vector fields that generate the (generalized) BMS algebra at time-like infinity was defined in the literature, the algebra has not been investigated. In this paper, we fill this gap. We show that the super-translations and vector fields that generate sphere diffeomorphisms close under the modified Lie bracket proposed by Barnich et al.
ISSN:2331-8422
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2005.05209