Published October 2019 | Version v1
Journal article

Asymptotic symmetries of Maxwell theory in arbitrary dimensions at spatial infinity

  • 1. Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), School of Physics (Iran, Islamic Republic of)

Description

The asymptotic symmetry analysis of Maxwell theory at spatial infinity of Minkowski space with d ≥ 3 is performed. We revisit the action principle in de Sitter slicing and make it well-defined by an asymptotic gauge fixing. In consequence, the conserved charges are inferred directly by manipulating surface terms of the action. Remarkably, the antipodal condition on de Sitter space is imposed by demanding regularity of field strength at light cone for d ≥ 4. We also show how this condition reproduces and generalizes the parity conditions for inertial observers introduced in 3+1 formulations. The expression of the charge for two limiting cases is discussed: null infinity and inertial Minkowski observers. For the separately-treated 3d theory, the boundary conditions and charges are compared to null infinity results in the literature. We also compute the conserved charges for background isometries for d > 3.

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Journal Title
Journal of High Energy Physics (Online)
Journal Volume
2019
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 1-23
ISSN
1029-8479

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Country of Publication
Germany
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
54064766
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
ASYMPTOTIC SOLUTIONS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DE SITTER GROUP; DE SITTER SPACE; FIELD THEORIES; GAUGE INVARIANCE; MINKOWSKI SPACE; SURFACES
Descriptors DEC
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LIE GROUPS; MATHEMATICAL SOLUTIONS; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; SPACE; SYMMETRY GROUPS

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