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The action of finite BMS and Weyl transformations on the gravitational data at null infinity is worked out in three and four dimensions in the case of an arbitrary conformal factor for the boundary metric induced on Scri.
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Barnich, G., Troessaert, C. Finite BMS transformations. J. High Energ. Phys. 2016, 167 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP03(2016)167
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