Holography, Duality and Higher-Spin Theories
Abstract
I review recent work on the holographic relation between higher-spin theories in Anti-de Sitter spaces and conformal field theories. I present the main results of studies concerning the higher-spin holographic dual of the three-dimensional O(N) vector model. I discuss the special role played by certain double-trace deformations in Conformal Field Theories that have higher-spin holographic duals. Using the canonical formulation I show that duality transformations in a U(1) gauge theory on AdS4 induce boundary double-trace deformations. I argue that a similar effect takes place in the holography of linearized higher-spin theories on AdS4.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0410116,
title = {Holography, Duality and Higher-Spin Theories},
author = {A. C. Petkou},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0410116},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
19 pages. Presented at the First Solvay Workshop, ``Higher-Spin Gauge Theories'', Brussels, 12-14 May 2004