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.

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Physical Review Letters
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2025-10-08
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https://doi.org/10.1103/fxdk-5qwc
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4
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Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
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Supertranslations from Scattering Amplitudes

Asaad Elkhidir, Radu Roiban, Donal O’Connell
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Supertranslations from Scattering Amplitudes

Asaad Elkhidir, Radu Roiban, Donal O’Connell
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Abstract

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.

Physical Review LettersVol. 135(15)
Pennsylvania State University (US), University of Edinburgh (GB)
Openalex Percentile: Top 3%
Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
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