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We consider the consequences of the dual gravitational charges for the phase space of radiating modes, and find that they imply a new soft NUT theorem. In particular, we argue that the existence of these new charges removes the need for imposing boundary conditions at spacelike infinity that would otherwise preclude the existence of NUT charges.
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Godazgar, H., Godazgar, M. & Pope, C.N. Dual gravitational charges and soft theorems. J. High Energ. Phys. 2019, 123 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP10(2019)123
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