SciPost Physics (Oct 2024)

Carrollian $\mathscr Lw_{1+\infty}$ representation from twistor space

  • Laura Donnay, Laurent Freidel, Yannick Herfray

DOI
https://doi.org/10.21468/SciPostPhys.17.4.118
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 4
p. 118

Abstract

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We construct an explicit realization of the action of the $\mathscr Lw_{1+∞}$ loop algebra on fields at null infinity. This action is directly derived by Penrose transform of the geometrical action of $\mathscr Lw_{1+∞}$ symmetries in twistor space, ensuring that it forms a representation of the algebra. Finally, we show that this action coincides with the canonical action of $\mathscr Lw_{1+∞}$ Noether charges on the asymptotic phase space.