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Heterotic wrapping rules
Eric A. Bergshoeff, Fabio Riccioni
We show that the same wrapping rules that have been derived for the branes of IIA and IIB string theory also apply to the branes of the toroidally compactified heterotic string the…
On Topologically Massive Spin-2 Gauge Theories beyond Three Dimensions
Eric A. Bergshoeff, Marija Kovacevic, Jan Rosseel +1
We investigate in which sense, at the linearized level, one can extend the 3D topologically massive gravity theory beyond three dimensions. We show that, for each k=1,2,3... a free…
Supersymmetric Domain Walls
Eric A. Bergshoeff, Axel Kleinschmidt, Fabio Riccioni
We classify the half-supersymmetric "domain walls", i.e. branes of codimension one, in toroidally compactified IIA/IIB string theory and show to which gauged supergravity theory ea…
`Stringy' Newton-Cartan Gravity
Roel Andringa, Eric Bergshoeff, Joaquim Gomis +1
We construct a "stringy" version of Newton-Cartan gravity in which the concept of a Galilean observer plays a central role. We present both the geodesic equations of motion for a f…
Three-Dimensional Tricritical Gravity
Eric A. Bergshoeff, Sjoerd de Haan, Wout Merbis +2
We consider a class of parity even, six-derivative gravity theories in three dimensions. After linearizing around anti-de Sitter space, the theories have one massless and two massi…
Higher Derivative Extension of 6D Chiral Gauged Supergravity
Eric Bergshoeff, Frederik Coomans, Ergin Sezgin +1
Six-dimensional (1,0) supersymmetric gauged Einstein-Maxwell supergravity is extended by the inclusion of a supersymmetric Riemann tensor squared invariant. Both the original model…
On "New Massive" 4D Gravity
Eric A. Bergshoeff, J. J. Fernandez-Melgarejo, Jan Rosseel +1
We construct a four-dimensional (4D) gauge theory that propagates, unitarily, the five polarization modes of a massive spin-2 particle. These modes are described by a "dual" gravit…
Brane orbits
Eric A. Bergshoeff, Alessio Marrani, Fabio Riccioni
We complete the classification of half-supersymmetric branes in toroidally compactified IIA/IIB string theory in terms of representations of the T-duality group. As a by-product we…
Unitary Truncations and Critical Gravity: a Toy Model
Eric A. Bergshoeff, Sjoerd de Haan, Wout Merbis +2
We investigate a higher-derivative scalar field model in a fixed d+1 dimensional AdS background as a toy model for a gravitational dual to a higher-rank logarithmic CFT. The hologr…