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The 3-d BTZ black hole represents an orbifold of AdS 3 gravity. The UV as well as the IR region of the CFT is governed by a gauged SL(2, R) WZW model. In the UV it corresponds to a light-cone gauging (Liouville model) whereas in the IR it is a space-like gauging (2-d black hole).
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Behrndt, K. (1999). Orbifolds of AdS 3 and fixpoints of the CFT. In: Ceresole, A., Kounnas, C., Lüst, D., Theisen, S. (eds) Quantum Aspects of Gauge Theories, Supersymmetry and Unification. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 525. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0104245
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