CFT$_3$ realizations of the full $L_\Lambda w_{1+\infty}$ symmetry

Determine whether nontrivial interacting CFT$_3$ theories exist that admit the full $L_\Lambda w_{1+\infty}$ algebra as exact or approximate symmetries.

Background

The paper realizes the LΛw1+∞L_\Lambda w_{1+\infty} algebra semiclassically through light-ray operators and discusses its action on CFT3_3 stress-tensor descendants. It does not establish whether any complete interacting CFT3_3 possesses the full algebra as a symmetry.

The authors specifically raise the possibility of exact or approximate realizations and note that any such theories would need a corresponding ambitwistor-space interpretation. They also discuss, without resolving, whether integrability would be required.

References

More generally, an important question is as to whether there are any examples of CFT$3$s that admit the full ${L}\Lambda w_{1+\infty}$ algebra as full symmetries or just approximate, in particular if there are nontrivial such theories admitting the full symmetries that are interacting.

— AdS$_4$ Celestial Symmetries: from Ambitwistor charges to CFT$_3$ Light-Ray Operators  (2609.28633 - Goodenbour et al., 23 Sep 2026) in Outlook