Null warped AdS in higher spin gravity

Sep 28, 2015
25 pages
Published in:
  • JHEP 12 (2015) 021
  • Published: Dec 3, 2015
e-Print:
Report number:
  • TUW-15-19

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Abstract: (Springer)
We equip three-dimensional spin-3 gravity in the principal embedding with a new set of boundary conditions that we call “asymptotically null warped AdS”. We find a chiral copy of the Polyakov-Bershadsky algebra as asymptotic symmetry algebra, reminiscent of the situation in topologically massive gravity with strict null warped AdS boundary conditions. We prove the invertibility of the map between zuvielbein and metric variables and construct a global gauge transformation to half of AdS spin-3 gravity in the diagonal embedding. This explains why the theory is chiral and why the Polyakov-Bershadsky algebra arises. We then introduce chemical potentials, derive the entropy, free energy, and the holographic response functions, and conclude with a discussion.
  • Higher Spin Gravity
  • Higher Spin Symmetry
  • Chern-Simons Theories
  • boundary condition: anti-de Sitter
  • gravitation: massive
  • gravitation: spin
  • transformation: gauge
  • potential: chemical
  • spin: high
  • warped