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In this note, we compute the higher spin spectrum of U(M) k Chern-Simons theory coupled to N flavours of fundamental fermions, in the limit N ≫ M with the ’t Hooft coupling \( {\lambda}_M=\frac{N}{k_m} \) held fixed, to order M/N. This theory possesses a slightly broken higher spin symmetry, and may be of interest from the perspective of higher-spin and non-supersymmetric holography. We find that anomalous dimensions of the higher spin currents achieve a finite value at strong coupling λ M → ∞, which grows with spin as log s for large s, as expected for gauge theories.
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Charan, V.G., Prakash, S. On the higher spin spectrum of Chern-Simons theory coupled to fermions in the large flavour limit. J. High Energ. Phys. 2018, 94 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2018)094
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