Free-field realisations of the BMS$_3$ algebra and its extensions

TL;DR

This paper constructs explicit free-field realizations of the BMS$_3$ algebra and its extensions, including supersymmetric and higher-spin versions, with arbitrary central charges, advancing the understanding of their algebraic structures.

Contribution

It provides explicit free-field constructions for BMS$_3$ and its extensions, including supersymmetric and higher-spin algebras, with arbitrary central charges.

Findings

Explicit free-field realization of BMS$_3$ with nonzero central charges

Extension to supersymmetric and higher-spin BMS$_3$ algebras

Representation of SU(2) current algebra alongside BMS$_3$

Abstract

We construct an explicit realisation of the BMS$_3$ algebra with nonzero central charges using holomorphic free fields. This can be extended by the addition of chiral matter to a realisation having arbitrary values for the two independent central charges. Via the introduction of additional free fields, we extend our construction to the minimally supersymmetric BMS$_3$ algebra and to the nonlinear higher-spin BMS$_3$-W$_3$ algebra. We also describe an extended system that realises both the SU(2) current algebra as well as BMS$_3$ via the Wakimoto representation, though in this case introducing a central extension also brings in new non-central operators.