3D Gravity, Chern-Simons and Higher Spins: A Mini Introduction
High Energy Physics - Theory
2015-09-16 v3
Abstract
These are notes of introductory lectures on (a) elements of 2+1 dimensional gravity, (b) some aspects of its relation to Chern-Simons theory, (c) its generalization to couple higher spins, and (d) cosmic singularity resolution as an application in the context of flat space higher spin theory. A knowledge of the Einstein-Hilbert action, classical non-Abelian gauge theory and some (negotiable amount of) maturity are the only pre-requisites.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1412.5053,
title = {3D Gravity, Chern-Simons and Higher Spins: A Mini Introduction},
author = {K. Surya Kiran and Chethan Krishnan and Avinash Raju},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1412.5053},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
23 pages, Based on talks/lectures by CK at Goteborg, Tehran and Bangkok. v2:acknowledgments and references added, v3:published version