BMS particles
arXiv:2412.06002 · doi:10.1103/8376-fync
Abstract
We construct wavefunctions for unitary irreducible representations (UIRs) of the Bondi-Metzner-Sachs (BMS) group, i.e. BMS particles, and show that they describe quantum superpositions of (Poincaré) particles propagating on inequivalent gravity vacua. This follows from reconsidering McCarthy's classification of BMS group UIRs through a unique, Lorentz-invariant but non-linear, decomposition of supermomenta into hard and soft pieces.
5 pages. v2: PRL published version; typos corrected, supplemental material (1 page) added