Hodges' all-multiplicity graviton MHV determinant is exactly generated by a one-particle recursion that takes the form of an Lw_{1+∞} Ward identity.
(Chiral) Virasoro invariance of the tree-level MHV graviton scattering amplitudes
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In this paper we continue our study of the tree level MHV graviton scattering amplitudes from the point of view of celestial holography. In arXiv:2008.04330 we showed that the celestial OPE of two gravitons in the MHV sector can be written as a linear combination of $\overline{SL(2,\mathbb C)}$ current algebra and supertranslation descendants. In this note we show that the OPE is in fact manifestly invariant under the infinite dimensional Virasoro algebra as is expected for a $2$-D CFT. This is consistent with the conjecture that the holographic dual in $4$-D asymptotically flat space time is a $2$-D CFT. Since we get only one copy of the Virasoro algebra we can conclude that the holographic dual theory which computes the MHV amplitudes is a chiral CFT with a host of other infinite dimensional global symmetries including $\overline{SL(2,\mathbb C)}$ current algebra, supertranslations and subsubleading soft graviton symmetry. We also discuss some puzzles related to the appearance of the Virasoro symmetry.
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Generating Hodges' Graviton MHV Formula with an $Lw_{1+\infty}$ Ward Identity
Hodges' all-multiplicity graviton MHV determinant is exactly generated by a one-particle recursion that takes the form of an Lw_{1+∞} Ward identity.