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Every 3D conformal field theory has an ℒΛw1+∞ symmetry

Andrew Strominger and Hongji Wei

Phys. Rev. Lett. - Accepted 28 October, 2026

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/64ht-cx15

Abstract

A one-parameter family of deformed  soft symmetry algebras acting on tree-level gravitational theories in AdS4 has recently been discovered; it is denoted . Here we show that all CFT3s, including those dual to quantum gravity on AdS4, admit an  action generated by the ANEC operator, its conformal descendants, and their commutators. This extends previous tree-level results on these soft symmetries to the strongly coupled quantum regime.

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