Asymptotic symmetries of three-dimensional gravity coupled to higher-spin fields

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 2010, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Campoleoni, A ^a   Fredenhagen, S ^a   Pfenninger, S ^a   Theisen, S ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chern simons theories; Conformal and W symmetry; Field theories in lower dimensions

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649750614     PISSN: 11266708     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/JHEP11(2010)007     Document Type: Article

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