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The variational approach to infrared divergencies: Applications to black hole action integrals and holographic Wilson loops
M. Arroyo, D. Arteaga, M. Bañados +1
Renormalizing the on-shell action variation offers two important advantages over renormalizing the action itself. First, the variation of the action has a universal form in which t…
Gauging the scale invariance of Einstein equations: Weyl invariant equations for gravity
Máximo Bañados
We derive a Weyl invariant equation for Gravity by gauging the global Weyl invariance of vacuum Einstein equations. The equation is linear in the curvature and a natural generaliza…
Chiral Gravitational Waves in Palatini Chern-Simons
Felipe Sulantay, Macarena Lagos, Máximo Bañados
We study the parity-breaking higher-curvature gravity theory of Chern-Simons (CS), using the Palatini formulation in which the metric and connection are taken to be independent fie…
Bulk renormalization and the AdS/CFT correspondence
Máximo Bañados, Ernesto Bianchi, Iván Muñoz +1
We develop a systematic renormalization procedure for QFT in anti-de Sitter spacetime. UV infinities are regulated using a geodesic point-splitting method, which respects AdS isome…
A note on the uniqueness of the dRGT massive gravity theory
Máximo Bañados
We revisit the problem of gravity coupled to a background metric , looking for ghost free interactions. It is known that elimination of the Boulware-Desewr ghost is equival…
Phases of higher spin black holes: Hawking-Page, transitions between black holes and a critical point
Máximo Bañados, Gustavo Düring, Alberto Faraggi +1
We study the thermodynamic phase diagram of three-dimensional higher spin black holes. By analyzing the semi-classical partition function we uncover a rich struc…