Asymptotic W -symmetries in three-dimensional higher-spin gauge theories

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DOI10.1007/JHEP09(2011)113zbMATH Open1301.81111arXiv1107.0290MaRDI QIDQ480482FDOQ480482

Stefan Fredenhagen, Andrea Campoleoni, S. Pfenninger

Publication date: 8 December 2014

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

Abstract: We discuss how to systematically compute the asymptotic symmetry algebras of generic three-dimensional bosonic higher-spin gauge theories in backgrounds that are asymptotically AdS. We apply these techniques to a one-parameter family of higher-spin gauge theories that can be considered as large N limits of SL(N) x SL(N) Chern-Simons theories, and we provide a closed formula for the structure constants of the resulting infinite-dimensional non-linear W-algebras. Along the way we provide a closed formula for the structure constants of all classical W_N algebras. In both examples the higher-spin generators of the W-algebras are Virasoro primaries. We eventually discuss how to relate our basis to a non-primary quadratic basis that was previously discussed in literature.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1107.0290





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