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Three dimensional gravity from ISO(2,1) coset models

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-31 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

Starting from a WZWN action in the ISO(2,1) Poincare' group which describes a bosonized spinning string in 2+1 Minkowski space-time, we show that a sequence of non-trivial compactifications leads to the description of a spinless string which moves in a (linear dilaton) vacuum, AdS_3 or BTZ black hole background. Other solutions are also obtained and their T-duals analyzed.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0001080,
  title  = {Three dimensional gravity from ISO(2,1) coset models},
  author = {R. Casadio and B. Harms},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0001080},
  year   = {2009}
}

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