- Accepted Paper
Every 3D conformal field theory has an symmetry
Phys. Rev. Lett. - Accepted 28 October, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/64ht-cx15
Phys. Rev. Lett. - Accepted 28 October, 2026
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/64ht-cx15
A one-parameter family of deformed soft symmetry algebras acting on tree-level gravitational theories in AdS has recently been discovered; it is denoted . Here we show that all CFTs, including those dual to quantum gravity on AdS, 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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