Asymptotic Symmetries and Charges in De Sitter Space

Sep, 2010
16 pages
Published in:
  • Class.Quant.Grav. 28 (2011) 175019
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Abstract: (arXiv)
The asymptotic symmetry group (ASG) at future null infinity (I^+) of four-dimensional de Sitter spacetimes is defined and shown to be given by the group of three-dimensional diffeomorphisms acting on I^+. Finite charges are constructed for each choice of ASG generator together with a two-surface on I^+. A conservation equation is derived relating the evolution of the charges with the radiation flux through I^+.
  • space-time: de Sitter
  • radiation: flux
  • diffeomorphism
  • conservation law
  • boundary condition
  • phase space: covariance
  • symplectic
  • space charge