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We study the soft graviton theorem recently proposed by Cachazo and Strominger. We employ the Cachazo, He and Yuan formalism to show that the next to sub-leading order soft factor for gravity is universal at tree level in arbitrary dimensions.
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Kalousios, C., Rojas, F. Next to subleading soft-graviton theorem in arbitrary dimensions. J. High Energ. Phys. 2015, 107 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2015)107
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