Notes on su$(1,2)\oplus$u$(1)$ Chern-Simons theory and Torsional Newton-Cartan gravity

In this study, we investigate three-dimensional torsional Newton-Cartan (TNC) gravity by gauging the su$(1,2)\oplus$u$(1)$ algebra and construct its action using the Chern-Simons theory. This TNC exhibits novel features, including the fact that the gauge fields associated with both dilatation and rotation symmetries transform non-trivially under Galilean boosts. This theory also reproduces the Schrödinger gravity acquired by gauging the extended $z=2$ Schrödinger algebra arXiv:1604.08054 via a large speed of light ($1\mathrm{/}c$)-expansion. In particular, we explain that the $z=2$ Lifshitz vacuum solution appearing in Schrödinger gravity is related to the null reduction of 4d $\mathrm{\Omega }$-background up to a conformal factor. Based on these results, we revisit the identification between the extended Schrödinger algebra and bosonic analogue of super BMS algebra arXiv:1905.13154. We interpret that this relation originates from the ${\mathcal{W}}_3^{(2)}$ algebra which acts as the bosonic analogue of $\mathcal{N}=2$ superconformal algebra.