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Aspects of (2+1) dimensional gravity: AdS3 asymptotic dynamics in the framework of Fefferman-Graham-Lee theorems

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

Using the Chern-Simon formulation of (2+1) gravity, we derive, for the general asymptotic metrics given by the Fefferman-Graham-Lee theorems, the emergence of the Liouville mode associated to the boundary degrees of freedom of (2+1) dimensional anti de Sitter geometries.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9911142,
  title  = {Aspects of (2+1) dimensional gravity: AdS3 asymptotic dynamics in the framework of Fefferman-Graham-Lee theorems},
  author = {M. Rooman and Ph. Spindel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9911142},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

6 pages, Latex, presented at the Journees Relativistes 99, Weimar, September 12-17, 1999; revised version with minor modifications and 1 reference added