New Symmetries in Celestial Holography
ORAL · Invited
Abstract
Celestial holography represents a new approach to quantum gravity in asymptotically flat spacetimes in which the gravitational scattering problem is recast in terms of conformally covariant correlations on the celestial sphere. This talk will focus on the properties of gravitational scattering that support the existence of a two-dimensional holographic theory that governs these correlations. A particular emphasis will be placed on a promising infinite-dimensional symmetry algebra known as w(1+infinity).
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Publication: ``Celestial Operator Product Expansions and ${\rm w}_{1+\infty}$ Symmetry for All Spins,'' E. Himwich, M. Pate and K. Singh, [arXiv:2108.07763 [hep-th]]<br><br>``$w_{1+\infty}$ Algebra and the Celestial Sphere: Infinite Towers of Soft Graviton, Photon, and Gluon Symmetries,'' A. Strominger,<br>Phys. Rev. Lett. \textbf{127}, no.22, 221601 (2021)<br><br>``Holographic symmetry algebras for gauge theory and gravity,'' A. Guevara, E. Himwich, M. Pate and A. Strominger, JHEP 11, 152 (2021) [arXiv:2103.03961 [hep-th]].
Presenters
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Monica I Pate
Harvard
Authors
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Monica I Pate
Harvard