BMS Symmetry via AdS/CFT

Abstract

With a view to understanding extended-BMS symmetries in the framework of the $Ad{S}_4/CF{T}_3$ correspondence, asymptotically AdS geometries are constructed with null impulsive shockwaves involving a discontinuity in superrotation parameters. The holographic dual is proposed to be a two-dimensional Euclidean defect conformal field localized on a particular timeslice in a three-dimensional conformal field theory on de Sitter spacetime. The defect conformal field theory generates a natural action of the Virasoro algebra. The large radius of curvature limit $\ell \to \infty$ yields spacetimes with nontrivial extended-BMS charges.

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