We consider $(3+1)$-dimensional asymptotically locally (anti-)de Sitter ((A)dS$_4$) spacetimes with boundary conditions allowing for gravitational flux. We construct an infinite tower of higher-spin charges as perturbative solutions in the cosmological constant $Λ$ to a hierarchy of evolution equations resulting from an asymptotic expansion of the Einstein equations. We show that these charges canonically realize the $Λ$-deformed $w_{1+\infty}$ algebra ($L_Λ w_{1+\infty}$) on a restricted gravitational phase space, thereby extending the higher-spin symmetry structure of asymptotically flat spacetimes to asymptotically (A)dS spacetimes. We further construct the curved-space counterparts of conformally soft gravitons directly in terms of spacetime data. We show that they are primaries with respect to an $\mathfrak{sl}(2,\mathbb{R})$ subalgebra of the (A)dS$_4$ isometry algebra and that their Poisson brackets with the quadratic higher-spin charges reproduce the $Λ$-deformed celestial operator product expansion proposed by Taylor and Zhu. Our results establish the bulk gravitational origin of the $L_Λw_{1+\infty}$ symmetry and extend the celestial bulk-boundary dictionary to asymptotically (A)dS$_4$ gravity.

Higher-spin charges and the $L_Λ w_{1 + \infty}$ algebra in (A)dS$_4$

Lorenzo Di Giacomo;Daniele Pranzetti;
2026-01-01

Abstract

We consider $(3+1)$-dimensional asymptotically locally (anti-)de Sitter ((A)dS$_4$) spacetimes with boundary conditions allowing for gravitational flux. We construct an infinite tower of higher-spin charges as perturbative solutions in the cosmological constant $Λ$ to a hierarchy of evolution equations resulting from an asymptotic expansion of the Einstein equations. We show that these charges canonically realize the $Λ$-deformed $w_{1+\infty}$ algebra ($L_Λ w_{1+\infty}$) on a restricted gravitational phase space, thereby extending the higher-spin symmetry structure of asymptotically flat spacetimes to asymptotically (A)dS spacetimes. We further construct the curved-space counterparts of conformally soft gravitons directly in terms of spacetime data. We show that they are primaries with respect to an $\mathfrak{sl}(2,\mathbb{R})$ subalgebra of the (A)dS$_4$ isometry algebra and that their Poisson brackets with the quadratic higher-spin charges reproduce the $Λ$-deformed celestial operator product expansion proposed by Taylor and Zhu. Our results establish the bulk gravitational origin of the $L_Λw_{1+\infty}$ symmetry and extend the celestial bulk-boundary dictionary to asymptotically (A)dS$_4$ gravity.
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