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One loop partition function for topologically massive higher spin gravity

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We calculate the one loop partition function for topologically massive higher spin gravity (TMHSG) for arbitrary spin by taking the spin-3 TMHSG action constructed in arXiv:1107.0915 and subsequently generalising it for an arbitrary spin. We find that the final result can be put into a product form which cannot be holomorphically factorised. This is consistent with the expectation of a logarithmic CFT dual for TMHSG with boundary conditions that retain all normalisable modes in the bulk.

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  1. School of Mathematics, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK

    Arjun Bagchi

  2. Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Chhatnag Road, Jhusi, Allahabad, 211019, India

    Shailesh Lal & Arunabha Saha

  3. ICTP, High Energy, Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, Strada Costiera 11, 34151, Trieste, Italy

    Bindusar Sahoo

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Bagchi, A., Lal, S., Saha, A. et al. One loop partition function for topologically massive higher spin gravity. J. High Energ. Phys. 2011, 68 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP12(2011)068

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