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SUMMARY:Higher Spin Gravity and 2d CFTs - Hartman\, T (Institute for Advan
 ced Study\, Princeton)
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CONTACT:Mustapha Amrani
DESCRIPTION:Higher spin gravity in three dimensions is holographically dua
 l to a two-dimensional CFT with extended conformal symmetry\, known as a W
 -algebra.  This raises the possibility of tackling difficult questions in 
 holography or quantum gravity by exploiting the W-algebra to do exact comp
 utations at all values of the coupling.  I will review the status of vario
 us higher spin dualities\, and for the case of AdS_3\, describe the detail
 ed matching of the spectrum and the CFT interpretation of higher spin blac
 k holes.\n
LOCATION:Seminar Room 1\, Newton Institute
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