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Paper   IPM / Particles / 12957
School of Particles and Accelerator
  Title:   Higher spin theory in 3-dimensional flat space
  Author(s): 
1.  Hamid Afshar
2.  Arjun Bagchi
3.  Reza Fareghbal
4.  Daniel Grumiller
5.  Jan Rosseel
  Status:   Published
  Journal: Phys. Rev. Lett.
  No.:  121603
  Vol.:  111
  Year:  2013
  Supported by:  IPM
  Abstract:
We present the first example of a non-trivial higher spin theory in 3-dimensional flat space. We propose flat-space boundary conditions and prove their consistency for this theory. We find that the asymptotic symmetry algebra is a (centrally extended) higher spin generalization of the Bondi- Metzner-Sachs algebra, which we describe in detail. We also address higher spin analogues of flat space cosmology solutions and possible generalizations

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