BMS supertranslations and memory in four and higher dimensions

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Abstract: We consider the memory effect in even dimensional spacetimes of dimension dge4 arising from a burst of gravitational radiation. When d=4, the natural frames in the stationary eras before and after the burst differ by the composition of a boost and supertranslation, and this supertranslation characterizes the "memory effect," i.e., the permanent displacement of test particles near infinity produced by the radiation burst. However, we show that when d>4, this supertranslation and the corresponding memory effect vanish. Consequently, when d>4, it is natural to impose stronger asymptotic conditions at null infinity that reduce the asymptotic symmetry group to the Poincare group. Conversely, when d=4, the asymptotic symmetry group at null infinity must be taken to be the BMS group.



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