Soft modes in quantum gravity
APA
Pate, M. (2020). Soft modes in quantum gravity. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/20060053
MLA
Pate, Monica. Soft modes in quantum gravity. Perimeter Institute, Jul. 16, 2020, https://pirsa.org/20060053
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@misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:20060053, doi = {10.48660/20060053}, url = {https://pirsa.org/20060053}, author = {Pate, Monica}, keywords = {Cosmology, Particle Physics, Quantum Foundations, Quantum Gravity, Quantum Information}, language = {en}, title = {Soft modes in quantum gravity}, publisher = {Perimeter Institute}, year = {2020}, month = {jul}, note = {PIRSA:20060053 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}} }
Harvard University
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I will review advances for gravity in asymptotically flat spacetimes arising from investigations into their structure in the infrared. The recently-discovered infinite-dimensional symmetries of the scattering problem is the central result underlying much of the progress. Key examples include symmetry-based explanations for the previously-observed universal nature of infrared phenomena including soft theorems and memory effects. Moreover, the appearance of a Virasoro symmetry among the symmetries of four-dimensional gravity has led to a proposal for holography in which the scattering amplitudes in quantum gravity are dual to correlation functions of a two-dimensional conformal theory. The other infinite-dimensional symmetry groups place additional non-trivial constraints on the dual theory.