Topologically massive higher spin gravity

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作者
Bagchi, Arjun [1 ]
Lal, Shailesh [2 ]
Sahab, Arunabha [2 ]
Sahoo, Bindusar [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Edinburgh, Sch Math, Edinburgh EH9 3JZ, Midlothian, Scotland
[2] Harish Chandra Res Inst, Allahabad 211019, Uttar Pradesh, India
[3] Abdus Salaam Int Ctr Theoret Phys, I-34151 Trieste, Italy
关键词
Gauge-gravity correspondence; AdS-CFT Correspondence; Conformal and W Symmetry; MASSLESS; FIELDS;
D O I
10.1007/JHEP10(2011)150
中图分类号
O412 [相对论、场论]; O572.2 [粒子物理学];
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摘要
We look at the generalisation of topologically massive gravity (TMG) to higher spins, specifically spin-3. We find a special "chiral" point for the spin-three, analogous to the spin-two example, which actually coincides with the usual spin-two chiral point. But in contrast to usual TMG, there is the presence of a non-trivial trace and its logarithmic partner at the chiral point. The trace modes carry energy opposite in sign to the traceless modes. The logarithmic partner of the traceless mode carries negative energy indicating an instability at the chiral point. We make several comments on the asymptotic symmetry and its possible deformations at this chiral point and speculate on the higher spin generalisation of LCFT2 dual to the spin-3 massive gravity at the chiral point.
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