Chern-Simons Gravity and Holographic Anomalies

TL;DR

This paper explores the holographic aspects of Chern-Simons gravity in odd dimensions, focusing on constructing the stress tensor and calculating Weyl anomalies in the dual conformal field theory.

Contribution

It provides a holographic framework for analyzing Chern-Simons gravity and computes anomalies in the dual CFT, which is a novel approach in this context.

Findings

Constructed the holographic stress tensor for CS gravity

Calculated Weyl anomalies of the dual CFT

Established a link between CS gravity and holographic anomalies

Abstract

We present a holographic treatment of Chern-Simons (CS) gravity theories in odd dimensions. We construct the associated holographic stress tensor and calculate the Weyl anomalies of the dual CFT.