In this Ph.D. thesis we aim, first, to review the main aspects of the above-described connection between asymptotic symmetries and observable effects in the context of gravity, electromagnetism and Yang-Mills theory in four dimensions and, second, to present original results concerning the extension of this program to the case of arbitrary dimensional spacetimes and to higher-spin gauge theories. Motivated by the appeal possessed by memory effects in connection with the asymptotic structure of gauge theories, we present a collection of results concerning memory effects in higher-dimensional scalar, electromagnetic and non-Abelian theories and on their interpretation in terms of residual symmetries acting at large distances in even dimensions. [...]

Topics in Asymptotic symmetries and infrared effects / Heissenberg, Carlo; relatore: Francia, Dario; Scuola Normale Superiore, 2019.

Topics in Asymptotic symmetries and infrared effects

Heissenberg, Carlo
2019

Abstract

In this Ph.D. thesis we aim, first, to review the main aspects of the above-described connection between asymptotic symmetries and observable effects in the context of gravity, electromagnetism and Yang-Mills theory in four dimensions and, second, to present original results concerning the extension of this program to the case of arbitrary dimensional spacetimes and to higher-spin gauge theories. Motivated by the appeal possessed by memory effects in connection with the asymptotic structure of gauge theories, we present a collection of results concerning memory effects in higher-dimensional scalar, electromagnetic and non-Abelian theories and on their interpretation in terms of residual symmetries acting at large distances in even dimensions. [...]
2019
FIS/02 FISICA TEORICA, MODELLI E METODI MATEMATICI
Fisica
asymptotic symmetries
infrared effects
local symmetries
memory effects
physical information
Physics
Scuola Normale Superiore
Francia, Dario
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