Flat-space chiral gravity.
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چکیده
We provide the first evidence for a holographic correspondence between a gravitational theory in flat space and a specific unitary field theory in one dimension lower. The gravitational theory is a flat-space limit of topologically massive gravity in three dimensions at a Chern-Simons level of k=1. The field theory is a chiral two-dimensional conformal field theory with a central charge of c=24.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Physical review letters
دوره 109 15 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012