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We construct finite- and infinite-dimensional non-relativistic extensions of the Newton-Hooke and Carroll (A)dS algebras using the algebra expansion method, starting from the (anti-)de Sitter relativistic algebra in D dimensions. These algebras are also shown to be embedded in different affine Kac-Moody algebras. In the three-dimensional case, we construct Chern-Simons actions invariant under these symmetries. This leads to a sequence of non-relativistic gravity theories, where the simplest examples correspond to extended Newton-Hooke and extended (post-)Newtonian gravity together with their Carrollian counterparts.
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Gomis, J., Kleinschmidt, A., Palmkvist, J. et al. Newton-Hooke/Carrollian expansions of (A)dS and Chern-Simons gravity. J. High Energ. Phys. 2020, 9 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2020)009
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