We study, using the dual AdS description, the vacua of field theories where some of the
gauge symmetry is broken by expectation values of scalar fields. In such vacua, operators …

On the space of three-dimensional conformal field theories with U (1) symmetry and a
chosen coupling to a background gauge field, there is a natural action of the group SL (2, Z) …

This review is an elaboration of recent results on the holographic re-construction of metric-
like interactions in higher-spin gauge theories on anti-de Sitter space (AdS), employing their …

A bstract Clarifying the locality properties of higher-spin gravity is a pressing task, but
notoriously difficult due to the absence of a weakly-coupled flat regime. The simplest non …

Local operators in the bulk of anti-de Sitter can be represented as smeared operators in the
dual conformal field theory. We show how to construct these bulk observables by requiring …

We argue that the Script N= 1 higher-spin theory on AdS 4 is holographically dual to the
Script N= 1 supersymmetric critical O (N) vector model in three dimensions. This appears to …

A bstract We develop a systematic approach to evaluating AdS loop amplitudes with
spinning legs based on the spectral (or “split”) representation of bulk-to-bulk propagators …

A bstract Within holography, we calculate the contribution of an arbitrary spin-s gauge boson
exchange in AdS d+ 1 to the four-point function with scalar operators on the boundary. As an …

Abstract We study topologically massive (2+ 1)-dimensional gravity with a negative
cosmological constant. The masses of the linearized curvature excitations about AdS 3 …

We develop the representation of bulk fields with spin one and spin two in anti-de Sitter
space, as nonlocal observables in the dual CFT. Working in holographic gauge in the bulk …