A note on the Newman-Unti group and the BMS charge algebra in terms of Newman-Penrose coefficients
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title: A note on the Newman-Unti group and the BMS charge algebra in terms of Newman-Penrose coefficients
zbMATH Open document ID: 1266.83132
DOI: 10.1155/2012/197385
author: Glenn Barnich
author: Pierre-Henry Lambert
published in: Advances in Mathematical Physics
publication date: 2013-03-18T00:00:00Z
full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1102.0589
review text: Summary: The symmetry algebra of asymptotically flat spacetimes at null infinity in four dimensions in the sense of Newman and Unti is revisited. As in the Bondi-Metzner-Sachs gauge, it is shown to be isomorphic to the direct sum of the abelian algebra of infinitesimal conformal rescalings with \(\mathfrak{bms}_4\). The latter algebra is the semidirect sum of infinitesimal supertranslations with the conformal Killing vectors of the Riemann sphere. Infinitesimal local conformal transformations can then consistently be included. We work out the local conformal properties of the relevant Newman-Penrose coefficients, construct the surface charges, and derive their algebra.
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 83C60
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 83C40
zbMATH DE Number: 6145718
zbMATH Keywords: Newman-Unti group
zbMATH Keywords: null infinity
zbMATH Keywords: Newman-Penrose coefficients
Wikidata QID: Q58699542
MaRDI profile type: MaRDI publication profile
OpenAlex ID: W3103094862
arXiv ID: 1102.0589
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