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2010-11-04 - Article/Dans un journal avec peer-review - Anglais - 35 page(s)

Campoleoni Andrea , Fredenhagen Stefan, Pfenninger Stefan, Theisen Stefan, "Asymptotic symmetries of three-dimensional gravity coupled to higher-spin fields" in Journal of High Energy Physics, 1011, 007, 1-35

  • Edition : Springer, Heidelberg (Germany)
  • Codes CREF : Physique théorique et mathématique (DI1210)
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(Anglais) We discuss the emergence of W-algebras as asymptotic symmetries of higher-spin gauge theories coupled to three-dimensional Einstein gravity with a negative cosmological constant. We focus on models involving a finite number of bosonic higher-spin fields, and especially on the example provided by the coupling of a spin-3 field to gravity. It is described by a SL(3) \times SL(3) Chern-Simons theory and its asymptotic symmetry algebra is given by two copies of the classical W_3-algebra with central charge the one computed by Brown and Henneaux in pure gravity with negative cosmological constant.

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  • DOI : 10.1007/JHEP11(2010)007
  • arXiv : 1008.4744 [hep-th]
   
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