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most citedRenormalization of conformal infinity as a stretched horizon

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hep-th2026★ 1 cited

Gravitational null rays: Covariant Quantization and the Dressing Time

Laurent Freidel, Josh Kirklin

We quantize the degrees of freedom on a gravitational null ray segment in a fully gauge-invariant manner by using the dressing time as a quantum reference frame (QRF). Our work goe…

hep-th2026

Celestial 1-form symmetries

Laurent Freidel, Atul Sharma

The -algebra originally arose as a chiral algebra of asymptotic symmetries of Yang-Mills theory. We show that in the self-dual sector of Yang-Mills, the -algebra gets upgrade…

hep-th2025

Localization and anomalous reference frames in gravity

Laurent Freidel, Josh Kirklin

In this work, we study the classical phase space for the gravitational degrees of freedom along a null ray. We construct gauge-invariant observables localized on a null ray segment…

hep-th2025

Non-Perturbative -matrix Renormalization

Laurent Freidel, José Padua-Argüelles, Susanne Schander +1

We propose a renormalization group flow equation for a functional that generates -matrix elements and which captures similarities to the well-known Wetterich and Polchinski equa…

hep-th2025★ 1 cited

Asymptotic Higher Spin Symmetries IV: Einstein-Yang-Mills Theory

Nicolas Cresto, Laurent Freidel

We generalize the analysis of the asymptotic higher spin symmetries developed in the first three parts of this series by considering the minimal coupling of Einstein Gravity and Ya…

hep-th2024★ 2 cited

Asymptotic Higher Spin Symmetries II: Noether Realization in Gravity

Nicolas Cresto, Laurent Freidel

In this paper we construct a non-perturbative action of the higher spin symmetry algebra on the gravitational phase space. We introduce a symmetry algebroid which all…

hep-th2024★ 12 cited

Asymptotic Higher Spin Symmetries I: Covariant Wedge Algebra in Gravity

Nicolas Cresto, Laurent Freidel

In this paper, we study gravitational symmetry algebras that live on 2-dimensional cuts of asymptotic infinity. We define a notion of wedge algebra which depen…

gr-qc2024★ 1 cited

Geometry of Carrollian Stretched Horizons

Laurent Freidel, Puttarak Jai-akson

In this paper, we present a comprehensive toolbox for studying Carrollian stretched horizons, encompassing their geometry, dynamics, symplectic geometry, symmetries, and correspond…

gr-qc2024★ 22 cited

Renormalization of conformal infinity as a stretched horizon

Laurent Freidel, Aldo Riello

In this paper, we provide a comprehensive study of asymptotically flat spacetime in even dimensions . We analyze the most general boundary condition and asymptotic symmetr…

hep-th2024

Carrollian representation from twistor space

Laura Donnay, Laurent Freidel, Yannick Herfray

We construct an explicit realization of the action of the loop algebra on fields at null infinity. This action is directly derived by Penrose transform of the geome…