Celestial Lw1+∞ charges from a twistor action
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- 31 October 2024
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of High Energy Physics
- Vol. 2024 (10) , 1-41
Abstract
The celestial Lw 1+∞
symmetries in asymptotically flat spacetimes have a natural geometric interpretation on twistor space in terms of Poisson diffeomorphisms. Using this framework, we provide a first-principle derivation of the canonical generators associated with these symmetries starting from the Poisson BF twistor action for self-dual gravity. We express these charges as surface integrals over the celestial sphere in terms of spacetime data at null infinity. The connection between twistor space and spacetime expressions at $$ \mathcal{I} $$ is achieved via an integral formula for the asymptotic Bianchi identities due to Bramson and Tod. Finally, we clarify how Lw 1+∞
transformations are symmetries of gravity from a phase space perspective by showing the invariance of the asymptotic Bianchi identities.
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