| dc.creator | Arvanitakis, Alex S. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-05-28 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-11-24T23:19:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2016-07-11T08:56:21Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-11-24T23:19:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.identifier | https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/256686 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.aust.edu.ng/xmlui/handle/123456789/3400 | |
| dc.description.abstract | We propose a new theory of higher spin gravity in three spacetime dimensions. This is defined by what we will call a Nambu-Chern-Simons (NCS) action; this is to a Nambu 3-algebra as an ordinary Chern-Simons (CS) action is to a Lie (2-)algebra. The novelty is that the gauge group of this theory is $\textit{simple}$; this stands in contrast to previously understood interacting 3D higher spin theories in the frame-like formalism. We also consider the $\textit{N}$ = 8 supersymmetric NCS-matter model (BLG theory), where the NCS action originated: Its fully supersymmetric M2 brane configurations are interpreted as Hopf fibrations, the homotopy type of the (infinite) gauge group is calculated and its instantons are classified. | |
| dc.language | en | |
| dc.publisher | Springer | |
| dc.publisher | Communications in Mathematical Physics | |
| dc.title | Higher spins from Nambu-Chern-Simons theory | |
| dc.type | Article | |
