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arXiv:1703.05448hep-th

Lectures on the Infrared Structure of Gravity and Gauge Theory

Andrew Strominger

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This is a redacted transcript of a course given by the author at Harvard in spring semester 2016. It contains a pedagogical overview of recent developments connecting the subjects of soft theorems, the memory effect and asymptotic symmetries in four-dimensional QED, nonabelian gauge theory and gravity with applications to black holes. The lectures may be viewed online at https://goo.gl/3DJdOr. Please send typos or corrections to strominger@physics.harvard.edu.

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Revised version adds short section on IR divergences and corrects minor typos . To be published Princeon University Press
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hep-thHigh Energy Physics, Theory astro-ph.HEHigh Energy Astrophysical Phenomena gr-qcGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology hep-phHigh Energy Physics, Phenomenology math-phMathematical Physics

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