Higher-Spin Gauge Theories in Three Spacetime Dimensions

[en] These lecture notes provide an introduction to higher-spin gauge theories in three spacetime dimensions, with a focus on their asymptotic symmetries, their holographic description in terms of conformal field theories with W-symmetries as well as on their couplings to scalar matter.

Research center :

AGIF - Algèbre, Géométrie et Interactions fondamentales

Disciplines :

Physics

Author, co-author :

Campoleoni, Andrea ; Université de Mons - UMONS > Faculté des Sciences > Service de Physique de l'Univers, Champs et Gravitation

Fredenhagen, Stefan; University of Vienna [AT] > Faculty of Physics > Mathematical Physics

Language :

English

Title :

Higher-Spin Gauge Theories in Three Spacetime Dimensions

Publication date :

01 July 2024

Main work title :

Lecture Notes in Physics

Publisher :

Springer International Publishing

ISBN/EAN :

978-3-03-159656-8
978-3-03-159655-1

Pages :

121-267

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Editorial reviewed

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https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/978-3-031-59656-8_2

Research unit :

S827 - Physique de l'Univers, Champs et Gravitation

Research institute :

R150 - Institut de Recherche sur les Systèmes Complexes

Funders :

F.R.S.-FNRS - Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique [BE]

Funding number :

F.4503.20; T.0022.19; T.0047.24

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