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arxiv: 1303.1075 · v2 · pith:MFCPT7JBnew · submitted 2013-03-05 · ✦ hep-th · gr-qc

Dual dynamics of three dimensional asymptotically flat Einstein gravity at null infinity

classification ✦ hep-th gr-qc
keywords asymptoticallydualeinsteinflatgaugegravityinfinitynull
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Starting from the Chern-Simons formulation, the two-dimensional dual theory for three-dimensional asymptotically flat Einstein gravity at null infinity is constructed. Solving the constraints together with suitable gauge fixing conditions gives in a first stage a chiral Wess-Zumino-Witten like model based on the Poincar\'e algebra in three dimensions. The next stage involves a Hamiltonian reduction to a BMS3 invariant Liouville theory. These results are connected to those originally derived in the anti-de Sitter case by rephrasing the latter in a suitable gauge before taking their flat-space limit.

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