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Main Authors: Strominger, Andrew, Wei, Hongji
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Published: 2026
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.26459
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author Strominger, Andrew
Wei, Hongji
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Wei, Hongji
contents Recently a one-parameter family of deformed $ \mathcal{L} w_{1+\infty}$ soft symmetry algebras, denoted $ \mathcal{L}_Λw_{1+\infty}$, acting on tree-level gravitational theories in AdS$_4$ has been discovered. Here we show that all CFT$_3$s, including those dual to quantum gravity on AdS$_4$, admit an $\mathcal{L}_Λw_{1+\infty}$ action generated by the ANEC operator, its conformal descendants and their commutators. This extends the previous tree-level results on these soft symmetries to the strongly-coupled quantum regime.
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spellingShingle EVERY CFT$_3$ HAS AN $ \mathcal{L}_Λw_{1+\infty}$ SYMMETRY
Strominger, Andrew
Wei, Hongji
High Energy Physics - Theory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Recently a one-parameter family of deformed $ \mathcal{L} w_{1+\infty}$ soft symmetry algebras, denoted $ \mathcal{L}_Λw_{1+\infty}$, acting on tree-level gravitational theories in AdS$_4$ has been discovered. Here we show that all CFT$_3$s, including those dual to quantum gravity on AdS$_4$, admit an $\mathcal{L}_Λw_{1+\infty}$ action generated by the ANEC operator, its conformal descendants and their commutators. This extends the previous tree-level results on these soft symmetries to the strongly-coupled quantum regime.
title EVERY CFT$_3$ HAS AN $ \mathcal{L}_Λw_{1+\infty}$ SYMMETRY
topic High Energy Physics - Theory
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.26459