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arxiv: 2403.16567 · v2 · pith:KH2JZUXPnew · submitted 2024-03-25 · ✦ hep-th

Higher-spin gauge theories in three spacetime dimensions

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keywords theoriesdimensionsgaugehigher-spinspacetimethreeasymptoticconformal
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These lecture notes provide an introduction to higher-spin gauge theories in three spacetime dimensions, with a focus on their asymptotic symmetries, their holographic description in terms of conformal field theories with W-symmetries as well as on their couplings to scalar matter.

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