Generalized asymptotics for gauge fields

DOI10.1007/JHEP10(2019)066MaRDI QIDQ2283392zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Steven B. Giddings

Publication date 2 January 2020

Published in Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1907.06644

zbMATH Keywords

gauge symmetryglobal symmetries

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Model quantum field theories (81T10) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

Abstract: An interesting question is to characterize the general class of allowed boundary conditions for gauge theories, including gravity, at spatial and null infinity. This has played a role in discussions of soft charges, where antipodal symmetry has typically been assumed. However, the existence of electric and gravitational line operators, arising from gauge-invariant dressed observables, for example associated to axial or Fefferman-Graham like gauges, indicates the existence of non-antipodally symmetric initial data. This note studies aspects of the solutions corresponding to such non-symmetric initial data. The explicit evolution can be found, via a Green function, and bounds can be given on the asymptotic behavior of such solutions, evading arguments for singular behavior. Likewise, objections to such solutions based on infinite symplectic form are also avoided, although these solutions may be superselected. Soft charge conservation laws, and their modification, are briefly examined for such solutions. This discussion strengthens (though is not necessary for) arguments that soft charges characterize gauge field degrees of freedom, but not necessarily the degrees of freedom associated to the matter sourcing the field.

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