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hep-th2014★ 3 cited
3D Gravity, Chern-Simons and Higher Spins: A Mini Introduction
K. Surya Kiran, Chethan Krishnan, Avinash Raju
These are notes of introductory lectures on (a) elements of 2+1 dimensional gravity, (b) some aspects of its relation to Chern-Simons theory, (c) its generalization to couple highe…
hep-th2014★ 4 cited
Strings vs Spins on the Null Orbifold
K. Surya Kiran, Chethan Krishnan, Ayush Saurabh +1
We study the null orbifold singularity in 2+1 d flat space higher spin theory as well as string theory. Using the Chern-Simons formulation of 2+1 d Einstein gravity, we first obser…