On the Definition of the Spin Charge in Asymptotically-Flat Spacetimes
arXiv:2403.19547 · doi:10.1088/1361-6382/ad9216
Abstract
We propose a solution to a classic problem in gravitational physics consisting of defining the spin associated with asymptotically-flat spacetimes. We advocate that the correct asymptotic symmetry algebra to approach this problem is the generalized-BMS algebra instead of the BMS algebra used hitherto in the literature for which a notion of spin is generically unavailable. We approach the problem of defining the spin charges from the perspective of coadjoint orbits of and construct the complete set of Casimir invariants that determine coadjoint orbits, using the notion of vorticity for . This allows us to introduce spin charges for as the generators of area-preserving diffeomorphisms forming its isotropy subalgebra. To elucidate the parallelism between our analysis and the Poincaré case, we clarify several features of the Poincaré embedding in and reveal the presence of condensate fields associated with the symmetry breaking from to Poincaré. We also introduce the notion of a rest frame available only for this extended algebra. This allows us to construct, from the spin generator, the gravitational analog of the Pauli--Lubański pseudo-vector. Finally, we obtain the moment map, which we use to construct the gravitational spin charges and gravitational Casimirs from their dual algebra counterparts.
arXiv comment72 Pages + Appendices + References = 119 Pages
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