A d-dimensional stress tensor for Minkd+2 gravity


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Kapec, Daniel 
Abstract

We consider the tree-level scattering of massless particles in (d+2)-dimensional asymptotically flat spacetimes. The S-matrix elements are recast as correlation functions of local operators living on a space-like cut Md of the null momentum cone. The Lorentz group SO(d+1,1) is nonlinearly realized as the Euclidean conformal group on Md. Operators of non-trivial spin arise from massless particles transforming in non-trivial representations of the little group SO(d), and distinguished operators arise from the soft-insertions of gauge bosons and gravitons. The leading soft-photon operator is the shadow transform of a conserved spin-one primary operator Ja, and the subleading soft-graviton operator is the shadow transform of a conserved spin-two symmetric traceless primary operator Tab. The universal form of the soft-limits ensures that Ja and Tab obey the Ward identities expected of a conserved current and energy momentum tensor in a Euclidean CFTd, respectively.

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Conformal Field Theory, Field Theories in Higher Dimensions, Models of Quantum Gravity, Scattering Amplitudes
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JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
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1029-8479
1029-8479
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Springer Science and Business Media LLC