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We consider two possible flat space limits of three dimensional \( \mathcal{N}=\left(1,\ 1\right) \) AdS supergravity. They differ by how the supercharges are scaled with the AdS radius ℓ: the first limit (democratic) leads to the usual super-Poincaré theory, while a novel ‘twisted’ theory of supergravity stems from the second (despotic) limit. We then propose boundary conditions such that the asymptotic symmetry algebras at null infinity correspond to supersymmetric extensions of the BMS algebras previously derived in connection to non- and ultra-relativistic limits of the \( \mathcal{N}=\left(1,\ 1\right) \) Virasoro algebra in two dimensions. Finally, we study the supersymmetric energy bounds and find the explicit form of the asymptotic and global Killing spinors of supersymmetric solutions in both flat space supergravity theories.
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Lodato, I., Merbis, W. Super-BMS3 algebras from \( \mathcal{N}=2 \) flat supergravities. J. High Energ. Phys. 2016, 150 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2016)150
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