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Can scalars have asymptotic symmetries?

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Recently it has been understood that certain soft factorization theorems for scattering amplitudes can be written as Ward identities of new asymptotic symmetries. This relationship has been established for soft particles with spins $s > 0$, most notably for soft gravitons and photons. Here we study the remaining case of soft scalars. We show that a class of Yukawa-type theories, where a massless scalar couples to massive particles, have an infinite number of conserved charges. This raises the question as to whether one can associate asymptotic symmetries to scalars.

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Carrollian quantum states and flat space holography

hep-th · 2026-04-24 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

Carrollian QFTs from scalar limits admit regular invariant vacua and KMS states only in the massive electric sector; a factorizing quasifree state is constructed for flat-space holography isolating nonseparable zero modes.

The Schrodinger Equation as a Gauge Theory

hep-th · 2026-04-28 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

The Schrödinger equation is locally equivalent to a gauge theory with one-form fields in 2+1D and two-form fields in 3+1D, with BF and Chern-Simons terms organizing electromagnetic couplings, anyons, Berry phases, and infrared structures.

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  • Carrollian quantum states and flat space holography hep-th · 2026-04-24 · unverdicted · none · ref 62

    Carrollian QFTs from scalar limits admit regular invariant vacua and KMS states only in the massive electric sector; a factorizing quasifree state is constructed for flat-space holography isolating nonseparable zero modes.

  • The Schrodinger Equation as a Gauge Theory hep-th · 2026-04-28 · unverdicted · none · ref 64

    The Schrödinger equation is locally equivalent to a gauge theory with one-form fields in 2+1D and two-form fields in 3+1D, with BF and Chern-Simons terms organizing electromagnetic couplings, anyons, Berry phases, and infrared structures.

  • Lectures on the Bondi--Metzner--Sachs group and related topics in infrared physics gr-qc · 2025-04-16 · unverdicted · none · ref 46 · internal anchor

    Lecture notes that build the BMS group from prerequisites to applications in soft theorems, memory effects, and new material on asymptotic conformal Killing horizons.