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We propose a procedure for computing the boundary stress tensor associated with a gravitating system in asymptotically anti-de Sitter space. Our definition is free of ambiguities encountered by previous attempts, and correctly reproduces…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Vijay Balasubramanian , Per Kraus

We present the complete family of solutions of 3D gravity (Lambda<0) with two asymptotically AdS exterior regions. The solutions are constructed from data at the two boundaries, which correspond to two independent and arbitrary stress…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-19 Gautam Mandal , Ritam Sinha , Nilakash Sorokhaibam

We consider quantum gravity with zero cosmological constant in three dimensions. First, we show that pure quantum gravity can be written as a magnetic Carrollian theory living on null infinity, described by Schwarzian-like degrees of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-11-22 Jordan Cotler , Kristan Jensen , Stefan Prohazka , Max Riegler , Jakob Salzer

We study the conformal bootstrap for 4-point functions of stress tensors in parity-preserving 3d CFTs. To set up the bootstrap equations, we analyze the constraints of conformal symmetry, permutation symmetry, and conservation on the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-04-04 Anatoly Dymarsky , Filip Kos , Petr Kravchuk , David Poland , David Simmons-Duffin

We present a comprehensive discussion of gravitational charges and radiation in four-dimensional asymptotically locally de Sitter (AldS) spacetimes. Such spacetimes have compact spatial sections and possess spacelike past and future…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-12-17 Aaron Poole , Kostas Skenderis , Marika Taylor

We discuss several aspects of the proposed correspondence between quantum gravity on de Sitter spaces and Euclidean conformal field theories. The central charge appearing in the asymptotic symmetry algebra of three-dimensional de Sitter…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-11-07 Dietmar Klemm

We find out the complex geometries corresponding to the semi-classical saddles of threedimensional quantum gravity by making use of the known results of dual conformal field theory (CFT), which is effectively given by Liouville field…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-07-16 Heng-Yu Chen , Yasuaki Hikida , Yusuke Taki , Takahiro Uetoko

We study the asymptotically flat rotating hairy black hole solution of a three-dimensional gravity theory which is given by taking the flat-space limit (zero cosmological constant limit) of new massive gravity. We propose that the dual…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-04-14 Reza Fareghbal , Seyed Morteza Hosseini

Carroll symmetry arises from Poincar\'e symmetry when the speed of light is sent to zero. In this work, we apply the Lie algebra expansion method to find the Carroll versions of different gravity models in three space-time dimensions. Our…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-01-03 Patrick Concha , Evelyn Rodríguez , Sebastián Salgado

Conformally flat spacetimes with an elastic stress energy tensor given by a diagonal trace-free anisotropic pressure tensor are investigated using 1+3 formalism. We show how the null tetrad Ricci components are related to the pressure…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-01-13 I. Brito , M. P. Machado Ramos

The asymptotic structure of three-dimensional Carroll gravity with negative cosmological constant is studied. We formulate a consistent set of boundary conditions preserved by an infinite-dimensional extension of the AdS$_3$ Carroll…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-06-25 Luis Avilés , Oscar Fuentealba , Diego Hidalgo , Pablo Rodríguez

We consider three-dimensional Einstein gravity in Euclidean signature with a finite boundary of torus topology endowed with an induced metric of fixed conformal class and a constant trace of extrinsic curvature $K$. For vanishing, positive,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-05-11 Weam Abou Hamdan , Chawakorn Maneerat

Flat-space limit is well-defined for asymptotically AdS spacetimes written in coordinates called the BMS gauge. For the three-dimensional Einstein gravity with a negative cosmological constant, we calculate the quasi-local energy momentum…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-03-06 Reza Fareghbal , Ali Naseh

The 3d spin-3 gravity theory is holographically dual to a 2d ${\cal W}_3$-extended CFT. In a large-c limit the symmetry algebra of the CFT reduces to $SU(1,2) \times SU(1,2)$. On the ground of symmetry the dual bulk space-time will be given…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-03-27 Ryuichi Nakayama , Kenji Shiohara , Tomotaka Suzuki

We consider the momentum-space 3-point correlators of currents, stress tensors and marginal scalar operators in general odd-dimensional conformal field theories. We show that the flat space limit of these correlators is spanned by gauge and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2019-02-22 Joseph A. Farrow , Arthur E. Lipstein , Paul McFadden

The recent introduction of a boundary stress tensor for asymptotically flat spacetimes enabled a new construction of energy, momentum, and Lorentz charges. These charges are known to generate the asymptotic symmetries of the theory, but…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Robert B. Mann , Donald Marolf , Robert McNees , Amitabh Virmani

We study asymptotically flat space-times in 3 dimensions for Einstein gravity near future null infinity and show that the boundary is described by Carrollian geometry. This is used to add sources to the BMS gauge corresponding to a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-01-06 Jelle Hartong

We consider the most general asymptotically flat boundary conditions in three-dimensional Einstein gravity in the sense that we allow for the maximal number of independent free functions in the metric, leading to six towers of boundary…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-08-24 Daniel Grumiller , Wout Merbis , Max Riegler

We attempt to understand the CFT$_1$ structure underlying (2+1)D gravity in flat spacetime via dimensional reduction. We observe that under superrotation, the hyperbolic (and dS$_2$) slices of flat spacetime transform to asymptotically…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-02-03 Arindam Bhattacharjee , Muktajyoti Saha

We present the asymptotic analysis of 3D conformal gravity as a SO(3,2) Chern-Simons gauge theory with Minkowskian (flat) and AdS boundary conditions. We further extend these boundary conditions to the case where the Weyl mode and the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-16 Hamid R. Afshar