Towards metric-like higher-spin gauge theories in three dimensions

[en] We consider the coupling of a symmetric spin-3 gauge field to three-dimensional gravity in a second order metric-like formulation. The action that corresponds to an SL(3,R) x SL(3,R) Chern-Simons theory in the frame-like formulation is identified to quadratic order in the spin-3 field. We apply our result to compute corrections to the area law for higher-spin black holes using Wald's entropy formula.

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Physics

Author, co-author :

Campoleoni, Andrea

Fredenhagen, Stefan

Pfenninger, Stefan

Theisen, Stefan

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English

Title :

Towards metric-like higher-spin gauge theories in three dimensions

Publication date :

14 May 2013

Journal title :

Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical

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1751-8113

Publisher :

IoP

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Pages :

1-21

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Peer reviewed

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