CLASSICAL TRACE ANOMALY

DOI10.1142/S0218271805006730MaRDI QIDQ5703707zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Mehrdad Farhoudi

Publication date 8 November 2005

Published in International Journal of Modern Physics D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9511047

zbMATH Keywords

Higher order gravityLovelock and Einstein tensorsWeyl anomaly

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

Abstract: We seek an analogy of the mathematical form of the alternative form of Einstein's field equations for Lovelock's field equations. We find that the price for this analogy is to accept the existence of the trace anomaly of the energy-momentum tensor even in classical treatments. As an example, we take this analogy to any generic second order Lagrangian and exactly derive the trace anomaly relation suggested by Duff. This indicates that an intrinsic reason for the existence of such a relation should perhaps be, classically, somehow related to the covariance of the form of Einstein's equations.

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