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Conformal Carroll groups and BMS symmetry

Christian Duval 1, 2 G. W. Gibbons 3 P. A. Horvathy 4
1 CPT - E2 Géométrie, Physique et Symétries
CPT - Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 7332
2 CPT - Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 7332
3 DAMTP - Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
4 LMPT - Laboratoire de Mathématiques et Physique Théorique
Abstract : The Bondi-Metzner-Sachs (BMS) group is shown to be the conformal extension of Levy-Leblond's "Carroll" group. Further extension to the Newman-Unti (NU) group is also discussed in the Carroll framework.
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Christian Duval, G. W. Gibbons, P. A. Horvathy. Conformal Carroll groups and BMS symmetry. Classical and Quantum Gravity, IOP Publishing, 2014, 31 (092001), 8pp. ⟨10.1088/0264-9381/31/9/092001⟩. ⟨hal-01015124⟩

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