Soft edges: the many links between soft and edge modes

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2412.14548v1
• Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2024 05:57:12 GMT
• Title: Soft edges: the many links between soft and edge modes
• Authors: Goncalo Araujo-Regado, Philipp A. Hoehn, Francesco Sartini, Bilyana Tomova,
• Abstract summary: We show that there is an arguably more interesting relationship between the emphasymptotic symmetries and their charges, on one hand, and their emphfinite-distance counterparts, on the other. Our work combines the study of boundary symmetries with the program of dynamical reference frames and we anticipate that core insights extend to Yang-Mills theory and gravity.
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• Abstract: Boundaries in gauge theory and gravity give rise to symmetries and charges at both finite and asymptotic distance. Due to their structural similarities, it is often held that soft modes are some kind of asymptotic limit of edge modes. Here, we show in Maxwell theory that there is an arguably more interesting relationship between the \emph{asymptotic} symmetries and their charges, on one hand, and their \emph{finite-distance} counterparts, on the other, without the need of a limit. Key to this observation is to embed the finite region in the global spacetime and identify edge modes as dynamical $\rm{U}(1)$-reference frames for dressing subregion variables. Distinguishing \emph{intrinsic} and \emph{extrinsic} frames, according to whether they are built from field content in- or outside the region, we find that non-trivial corner symmetries arise only for extrinsic frames. Further, the asymptotic-to-finite relation requires asymptotically charged ones (like Wilson lines). Such frames, called \emph{soft edges}, extend to asymptotia and realize the corner charge algebra by ``pulling in'' the asymptotic one from infinity. Realizing an infinite-dimensional algebra requires a new set of \emph{soft boundary conditions}, relying on the distinction between extrinsic and intrinsic data. We identify the subregion Goldstone mode as the relational observable between extrinsic and intrinsic frames and clarify the meaning of vacuum degeneracy. We also connect the asymptotic memory effect with a more operational \emph{quasi-local} one. A main conclusion is that the relationship between asymptotia and finite distance is \emph{frame-dependent}; each choice of soft edge mode probes distinct cross-boundary data of the global theory. Our work combines the study of boundary symmetries with the program of dynamical reference frames and we anticipate that core insights extend to Yang-Mills theory and gravity.

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