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Holographic Special Relativity
Derek K. Wise
We reinterpret special relativity, or more precisely its de Sitter deformation, in terms of 3d conformal geometry, as opposed to (3+1)d spacetime geometry. An inertial observer, us…
2-Group Representations for Spin Foams
Aristide Baratin, Derek K. Wise
Just as 3d state sum models, including 3d quantum gravity, can be built using categories of group representations, "2-categories of 2-group representations" may provide interesting…
Topologically Massive AdS Gravity
S. Carlip, S. Deser, A. Waldron +1
We analyze (2+1)-dimensional gravity with a Chern--Simons term and a negative cosmological constant, primarily at the weak field level. The full theory is expressible as the sum of…
Cosmological Topologically Massive Gravitons and Photons
S. Carlip, S. Deser, A. Waldron +1
We study topologically massive (2+1)-dimensional gravity with a negative cosmological constant. The masses of the linearized curvature excitations about AdS_3 backgrounds are not o…