Asymptotic symmetries of three-dimensional gravity coupled to higher-spin fields

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DOI10.1007/JHEP11(2010)007zbMATH Open1294.81240arXiv1008.4744OpenAlexW3105744581WikidataQ60204908 ScholiaQ60204908MaRDI QIDQ406953FDOQ406953

Andrea Campoleoni, S. Pfenninger, Stefan Fredenhagen, Stefan Theisen

Publication date: 29 August 2014

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: 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) imes 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.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1008.4744




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