BMS Field Theories with \mathfrak{u}(1) Symmetry

DOI10.1103/PHYSREVD.107.106019MaRDI QIDQ6410778zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Arjun Bagchi, R. Chatterjee, Rishabh Kaushik, Sanchari Pal, M. Riegler, Debmalya Sarkar

Publication date 14 September 2022

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVD.107.106019

Abstract: We investigate quantum field theories in two dimensions (2d) with an underlying Bondi-van der Burgh-Metzner-Sachs (BMS) symmetry augmented by $mathfraku(1)$ currents. These field theories are expected to holographically capture features of charged versions of cosmological solutions in asymptotically flat 3d spacetimes called Flat Space Cosmologies (FSCs). We conduct a study of the modular properties of these field theories. The characters for the highest weight representations of the symmetry algebra are constructed, and the partition function of the theory is obtained from them. We derive the density of (primary) states and find the entropy and asymptotic values of the structure constants exploiting the modular properties of the partition function and the torus one-point function. The expression for the asymptotic structure constants shows shifts in the weights and one of the central terms and an extra phase compared to the earlier results in the literature for BMS invariant theories without $mathfraku(1)$ currents present. We reproduce our field results for the structure constants by a bulk computation involving a scalar probe in the background of a charged FSC.

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