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Soft Algebras in AdS$_4$ from Light Ray Operators in CFT$_3$

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Flat Minkowski space (M$^4$) and AdS$_4$ can both be conformally mapped to the Einstein cylinder. The maps may be judiciously chosen so that some null generators of the $\mathcal{I}^+$ boundary of M$^4$ coincide with antipodally-terminating null geodesic segments on the boundary of AdS$_4$. Conformally invariant nonabelian gauge theories in M$^4$ have an asymptotic $S$-algebra generated by a tower of soft gluons given by weighted null line integrals on $\mathcal{I}^+$. We show that, under the conformal map to AdS$_4$, the leading soft gluons are dual to light transforms of the conserved global symmetry currents in the boundary CFT$_3$. The tower of light ray operators obtained from the $SO(3,2)$ descendants of this light transform realize a full set of generators of the $S$-algebra in the boundary CFT$_3$. This provides a direct connection between holographic symmetry algebras in M$^4$ and AdS$_4$.

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Quasi-Local Celestial Charges and Multipoles

hep-th · 2026-04-14 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Explicit quasi-local formulae for celestial higher-spin charges and multipoles are given on finite 2-surfaces using higher-valence twistor solutions, with a phase-space derivation from self-dual gravity.

Note on higher spins and holographic symmetry algebra

hep-th · 2026-02-03 · unverdicted · novelty 4.0

Higher spin particles generate w_∞ and S-algebra subalgebras inside the soft holographic symmetry algebra that do not commute with the graviton and gluon versions.

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  • Asymptotic charges as detectors and the memory effect in massive QED and perturbative quantum gravity hep-th · 2026-04-21 · unverdicted · none · ref 10 · internal anchor

    Faddeev-Kulish dressings correctly encode the memory effect in in and out Fock spaces for massive QED and perturbative quantum gravity, with physical contributions to memory eigenvalues from the dressings.

  • Quasi-Local Celestial Charges and Multipoles hep-th · 2026-04-14 · unverdicted · none · ref 83 · internal anchor

    Explicit quasi-local formulae for celestial higher-spin charges and multipoles are given on finite 2-surfaces using higher-valence twistor solutions, with a phase-space derivation from self-dual gravity.

  • Note on higher spins and holographic symmetry algebra hep-th · 2026-02-03 · unverdicted · none · ref 22 · internal anchor

    Higher spin particles generate w_∞ and S-algebra subalgebras inside the soft holographic symmetry algebra that do not commute with the graviton and gluon versions.