Weinberg's celebrated factorisation theorem holds for soft quanta of arbitrary integer spin. The same result, for spin one and two, has been rederived assuming that the infinite-dimensional asymptotic symmetry group of Maxwell's equations and of asymptotically flat spaces leave the S-matrix invariant. For higher spins, on the other hand, no such infinite-dimensional asymptotic symmetries were known and, correspondingly, no a priori derivation of Weinberg's theorem could be conjectured. In this contribution we review the identification of higher-spin supertranslations and superrotations in D = 4 as well as their connection to Weinberg's result. While the procedure we follow can be shown to be consistent in any D, no infinite-dimensional enhancement of the asymptotic symmetry group emerges from it in D > 4, thus leaving a number of questions unanswered.

Campoleoni, A., Francia, D., Heissenberg, C. (2018). Asymptotic symmetries and charges at null infinity: From low to high spins. In EPJ Web of Conferences (pp.06011). 17 AVE DU HOGGAR PARC D ACTIVITES COUTABOEUF BP 112, F-91944 CEDEX A, FRANCE : EDP Sciences [10.1051/epjconf/201819106011].

Asymptotic symmetries and charges at null infinity: From low to high spins

Francia D.;
2018-01-01

Abstract

Weinberg's celebrated factorisation theorem holds for soft quanta of arbitrary integer spin. The same result, for spin one and two, has been rederived assuming that the infinite-dimensional asymptotic symmetry group of Maxwell's equations and of asymptotically flat spaces leave the S-matrix invariant. For higher spins, on the other hand, no such infinite-dimensional asymptotic symmetries were known and, correspondingly, no a priori derivation of Weinberg's theorem could be conjectured. In this contribution we review the identification of higher-spin supertranslations and superrotations in D = 4 as well as their connection to Weinberg's result. While the procedure we follow can be shown to be consistent in any D, no infinite-dimensional enhancement of the asymptotic symmetry group emerges from it in D > 4, thus leaving a number of questions unanswered.
2018
Campoleoni, A., Francia, D., Heissenberg, C. (2018). Asymptotic symmetries and charges at null infinity: From low to high spins. In EPJ Web of Conferences (pp.06011). 17 AVE DU HOGGAR PARC D ACTIVITES COUTABOEUF BP 112, F-91944 CEDEX A, FRANCE : EDP Sciences [10.1051/epjconf/201819106011].
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