17–20 Aug 2016
Nordita, Stockholm
Europe/Stockholm timezone

Three-dimensional conformal higher spin theory

19 Aug 2016, 15:30
30m
Wallenbergsalen (Nordita, Stockholm)

Wallenbergsalen

Nordita, Stockholm

Speaker

Bengt Nilsson (Chalmers University of Technology)

Description

We analyse the non-linear frame field theory of conformal higher spins in three dimensions via its Chern-Simons formulation. Its relation to the metric formulation is explained. The full non-linear spin 3 Cotton equation with spin 4 fields and higher truncated away is derived. The coupling to scalar fields (AdS4 singletons) is given in terms of a star product unfolded equation. The reason for studying theories of this kind come from AdS4/CFT3 with Neumann boundary conditions for gauge fields in AdS4.

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