Supertranslations from Scattering Amplitudes
On shell methods have found a new application to local observables such as asymptotic radiation fields and gravitational waveforms. While these observables are invariant under small gauge transformations, they are known to depend on a choice of asymptotic gauge; in gravity on asymptotically Minkowski spacetimes, this is a choice of Bondi-Van der Burg-Metzner-Sachs frame. In this Letter, we provide a method for capturing these supertranslations, to all orders in perturbation theory, using the on shell framework of scattering amplitudes.
Authors
- Asaad Elkhidir
- Radu Roiban (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6689-5199)
- Donal O’Connell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8886-6391)
Institutions
- Pennsylvania State University (US)
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical Review Letters
- Published
- 2025-10-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/fxdk-5qwc
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 7.48