Aspects of Warped AdS${}_3$ geometries

Abstract

We discuss the geometry of three-dimensional warped Anti-de Sitter spaces and quotients thereof, paying special attention to their underlying group manifold nature. We perform a systematic analysis of warped Anti-de Sitter geometries, focusing on their global properties and illustrating their occurrence as special solutions of various three-dimensional gravity theories.

arXiv comment63 pages, 10 figures, 6 tables