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We determine a consistent phase space for a theory consisting in the Einstein-Hilbert action coupled to matter fields (dilaton, one-form, two-form) and containing three-dimensional black strings (the Horne-Horowitz solution and generalizations thereof). The theory at hand is the low energy effective action for the bosonic sector of heterotic string theory. We find a consistent set of boundary conditions whose algebra of asymptotic charges consist in a single Virasoro algebra supplemented by three global u(1) generators. We also discuss the thermodynamics of the zero-mode solutions and point out some peculiar features of this system.
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Detournay, S., Petropoulos, P.M. & Zwikel, C. Asymptotic symmetries of three-dimensional black strings. J. High Energ. Phys. 2019, 131 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2019)131
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