Celestial kinematical interpretation for an extended <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>BMS</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>4</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </

Motivated by the work of Longhi and Materassi, who constructed a realization of the (centerless) <a:math xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <a:mrow> <a:msub> <a:mrow> <a:mi>BMS</a:mi> </a:mrow> <a:mrow> <a:mn>4</a:mn> </a:mrow> </a:msub> </a:mrow> </a:math> algebra for the massive Klein-Gordon field in <c:math xmlns:c="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <c:mn>3</c:mn> <c:mo>+</c:mo> <c:mn>1</c:mn> </c:math> dimensions, we build a realization of the (centerless) massless <e:math xmlns:e="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <e:mrow> <e:msub> <e:mrow> <e:mi>BMS</e:mi> </e:mrow> <e:mrow> <e:mn>4</e:mn> </e:mrow> </e:msub> </e:mrow> </e:math> algebra including superrotations. This realization depends only on the momenta in the light cone expressed in celestial coordinates without any reference to the Klein-Gordon field. The quadratic Casimir of the Lorentz algebra is written in terms of a second order differential operator and the volume form plays an essential role in this construction. The <g:math xmlns:g="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <g:mrow> <g:msub> <g:mrow> <g:mi>BMS</g:mi> </g:mrow> <g:mrow> <g:mn>4</g:mn> </g:mrow> </g:msub> </g:mrow> </g:math> algebra in terms of vector fields shows its kinematical nature, like the Poincaré algebra. We also construct a dynamical realization of <i:math xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <i:mrow> <i:msub> <i:mrow> <i:mi>BMS</i:mi> </i:mrow> <i:mrow> <i:mn>4</i:mn> </i:mrow> </i:msub> </i:mrow> </i:math> from the symplectic structure on the solutions of the massless four-dimensional Klein-Gordon field in terms of quadratic expressions of the Fourier modes and plane waves invariant under translations. Using the Mellin transform, we rewrite the Klein-Gordon field in terms of the boost invariant basis, and write down the corresponding <k:math xmlns:k="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <k:mrow> <k:msub> <k:mrow> <k:mi>BMS</k:mi> </k:mrow> <k:mrow> <k:mn>4</k:mn> </k:mrow> </k:msub> </k:mrow> </k:math> realization. We also provide the relation with spherical harmonics, linking our results with the solutions of Longhi-Materassi, which are in fact a subset of ours.

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Physical review. D/Physical review. D.
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Celestial kinematical interpretation for an extended <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>BMS</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>4</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </

D. Dominici, Joaquim Gomis, Carles Batlle, José Miguel Figueroa-O'Farrill et al.
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Celestial kinematical interpretation for an extended <mml:math xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <mml:mrow> <mml:msub> <mml:mrow> <mml:mi>BMS</mml:mi> </mml:mrow> <mml:mrow> <mml:mn>4</mml:mn> </mml:mrow> </mml:msub> </

D. Dominici, Joaquim Gomis, Carles Batlle, José Miguel Figueroa-O'Farrill, R. Casalbuoni
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Motivated by the work of Longhi and Materassi, who constructed a realization of the (centerless) <a:math xmlns:a="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <a:mrow> <a:msub> <a:mrow> <a:mi>BMS</a:mi> </a:mrow> <a:mrow> <a:mn>4</a:mn> </a:mrow> </a:msub> </a:mrow> </a:math> algebra for the massive Klein-Gordon field in <c:math xmlns:c="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <c:mn>3</c:mn> <c:mo>+</c:mo> <c:mn>1</c:mn> </c:math> dimensions, we build a realization of the (centerless) massless <e:math xmlns:e="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <e:mrow> <e:msub> <e:mrow> <e:mi>BMS</e:mi> </e:mrow> <e:mrow> <e:mn>4</e:mn> </e:mrow> </e:msub> </e:mrow> </e:math> algebra including superrotations. This realization depends only on the momenta in the light cone expressed in celestial coordinates without any reference to the Klein-Gordon field. The quadratic Casimir of the Lorentz algebra is written in terms of a second order differential operator and the volume form plays an essential role in this construction. The <g:math xmlns:g="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <g:mrow> <g:msub> <g:mrow> <g:mi>BMS</g:mi> </g:mrow> <g:mrow> <g:mn>4</g:mn> </g:mrow> </g:msub> </g:mrow> </g:math> algebra in terms of vector fields shows its kinematical nature, like the Poincaré algebra. We also construct a dynamical realization of <i:math xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <i:mrow> <i:msub> <i:mrow> <i:mi>BMS</i:mi> </i:mrow> <i:mrow> <i:mn>4</i:mn> </i:mrow> </i:msub> </i:mrow> </i:math> from the symplectic structure on the solutions of the massless four-dimensional Klein-Gordon field in terms of quadratic expressions of the Fourier modes and plane waves invariant under translations. Using the Mellin transform, we rewrite the Klein-Gordon field in terms of the boost invariant basis, and write down the corresponding <k:math xmlns:k="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"> <k:mrow> <k:msub> <k:mrow> <k:mi>BMS</k:mi> </k:mrow> <k:mrow> <k:mn>4</k:mn> </k:mrow> </k:msub> </k:mrow> </k:math> realization. We also provide the relation with spherical harmonics, linking our results with the solutions of Longhi-Materassi, which are in fact a subset of ours.

Physical review. D/Physical review. D.Vol. 112(12)
University of Florence (IT), Universitat de Barcelona (ES), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (ES), University of Edinburgh (GB)
European Commission, Generalitat de Catalunya, Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca, European Regional Development Fund, Agencia Estatal de Investigación, Institut de Ciències del Cosmos
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