2D Stress Tensor for 4D Gravity

Daniel Kapec, Prahar Mitra, Ana-Maria Raclariu, and Andrew Strominger
Phys. Rev. Lett. 119, 121601 – Published 22 September 2017

Abstract

We use the subleading soft-graviton theorem to construct an operator Tzz whose insertion in the four-dimensional tree-level quantum gravity S matrix obeys the Virasoro-Ward identities of the energy momentum tensor of a two-dimensional conformal field theory (CFT2). The celestial sphere at Minkowskian null infinity plays the role of the Euclidean sphere of the CFT2, with the Lorentz group acting as the unbroken SL(2,C) subgroup.

  • Received 16 June 2017

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.119.121601

© 2017 American Physical Society

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Particles & Fields

Authors & Affiliations

Daniel Kapec*, Prahar Mitra, Ana-Maria Raclariu, and Andrew Strominger§

  • Center for the Fundamental Laws of Nature, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA

  • *danielkapec@g.harvard.edu
  • praharmitra@g.harvard.edu
  • araclariu@g.harvard.edu
  • §strominger@physics.harvard.edu

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Vol. 119, Iss. 12 — 22 September 2017

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