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We study classical solutions of three dimensional higher spin gravity in the Chern-Simons formulation. We find solutions that generalize the BTZ black hole and carry spin-3 charge. The black hole entropy formula yields a result for the asymptotic growth of the partition function at finite spin-3 chemical potential. Along the way, we develop technology for computing AdS/CFT correlation functions involving higher spin operators.
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Gutperle, M., Kraus, P. Higher spin black holes. J. High Energ. Phys. 2011, 22 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2011)022
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