Logarithmic conformal field theory approach to topologically massive gravity

2008/08/14 by Yun Soo Myung · 3 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2008.11.002

published as Phys.Lett.B670:220-223,2008 · 11 pages

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Abstract

We study the topologically massive gravity at the chiral point (chiral gravity) by using the logarithmic conformal field theory. Two new tensor fields of ψ^new and X are introduced for a candidate of propagating physical field at the chiral point. However, we show that (ψ^new,ψ^L) form a dipole ghost pair of unphysical fields and X is not a primary. This implies that there is no physically propagating degrees of freedom at the chiral point.

Citations

• Logarithmic CFT on the Boundary and the World-Sheet
• New gauge bosons and logarithmic corrections in an exact AdS₃
• Topologically massive gauge theories

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