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Free-field realisations of the BMS$_3$ algebra and its extensions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-06-29 v3

Abstract

We construct an explicit realisation of the BMS3_3 algebra with nonzero central charges using holomorphic free fields. This can be extended by the addition of chiral matter to a realisation having arbitrary values for the two independent central charges. Via the introduction of additional free fields, we extend our construction to the minimally supersymmetric BMS3_3 algebra and to the nonlinear higher-spin BMS3_3-W3_3 algebra. We also describe an extended system that realises both the SU(2) current algebra as well as BMS3_3 via the Wakimoto representation, though in this case introducing a central extension also brings in new non-central operators.

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@article{arxiv.1512.06240,
  title  = {Free-field realisations of the BMS$_3$ algebra and its extensions},
  author = {Nabamita Banerjee and Dileep P. Jatkar and Sunil Mukhi and Turmoli Neogi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1512.06240},
  year   = {2016}
}

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1+18 pages, expanded version, new section on higher-spin BMS$_3$-W$_3$ added, JHEP Version