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A note on Kerr/CFT and free fields

High Energy Physics - Theory 2011-06-24 v2

Abstract

The near-horizon geometry of the extremal four-dimensional Kerr black hole and certain generalizations thereof has an SL(2,R) x U(1) isometry group. Excitations around this geometry can be controlled by imposing appropriate boundary conditions. For certain boundary conditions, the U(1) isometry is enhanced to a Virasoro algebra. Here, we propose a free-field construction of this Virasoro algebra.

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@article{arxiv.0909.2924,
  title  = {A note on Kerr/CFT and free fields},
  author = {Jorgen Rasmussen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0909.2924},
  year   = {2011}
}

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