Asymptotic symmetries in General Relativity: the BMS group.

• Grant number: 23/18124-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: March 01, 2024
• End date: February 28, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - General Physics
• Principal Investigator: Alberto Vazquez Saa
• Grantee: Thiago Henrique de Nadai
• Host Institution: Instituto de Matemática, Estatística e Computação Científica (IMECC). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The project consists in a study of the so-called BMS group (Bondi, Metzner and Sachs), the group of asymptotic symmetries of asymptotically flat space-times.