Topologically massive gravity at the chiral point is not unitary

DOI10.1088/1126-6708/2008/10/045zbMATH Open1245.83040arXiv0807.4703OpenAlexW3101385424MaRDI QIDQ440472FDOQ440472

Authors: G. Giribet, Matthew Kleban, M. Porrati 

Publication date: 18 August 2012

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

Abstract: A recent paper [arXiv:0801.4566] claims that topologically massive gravity contains only chiral boundary excitations at a particular value of the Chern-Simons coupling. On the other hand, propagating bulk degrees of freedom were found even at the chiral point in [arXiv:0803.3998]. The two references use very different methods, making comparison of their respective claims difficult. In this letter, we use the method of [arXiv:0801.4566] to construct a tower of propagating bulk states satisfying standard AdS boundary conditions. Our states have finite norm, with sign opposite to that of right-moving boundary excitations. Our results thus agree with [arXiv:0803.3998] and disagree with [arXiv:0801.4566].

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0807.4703

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zbMATH Keywords

AdS boundary conditions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories in gravitational theory (83E30) Analogues of general relativity in lower dimensions (83C80)

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