Kac-Moody symmetry in the light front of gauge theories

DOI10.1007/JHEP06(2023)165arXiv2304.03211OpenAlexW4382196203MaRDI QIDQ6176451FDOQ6176451

Authors: H. A. Gonzalez, Oriana Labrin, Olivera Mišković 

Publication date: 25 July 2023

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

Abstract: We discuss the emergence of a new symmetry generator in a Hamiltonian realisation of four-dimensional gauge theories in the flat space foliated by retarded (advanced) time. It generates an asymptotic symmetry that acts on the asymptotic fields in a way different from the usual large gauge transformations. The improved canonical generators, corresponding to gauge and asymptotic symmetries, form a classical Kac-Moody charge algebra with a non-trivial central extension. In particular, we describe the case of electromagnetism, where the charge algebra is the $mathrmU(1)$ current algebra with a level proportional to the coupling constant of the theory, $kappa=4p{i}^2/e^2$. We construct bilinear generators yielding Virasoro algebras on the null boundary. We also provide a non-Abelian generalization of the previous symmetries by analysing the evolution of Yang-Mills theory in Bondi coordinates.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2304.03211

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zbMATH Keywords

gauge symmetryglobal symmetriesspace-time symmetriesscale and conformal symmetries

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum theory (81-XX)

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