Conformal tensors via Lovelock gravity

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/30/19/195006zbMATH Open1277.83085arXiv1306.4637OpenAlexW2026250720MaRDI QIDQ2861848FDOQ2861848

Authors: David Kastor 

Publication date: 11 November 2013

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Constructs from conformal geometry are important in low dimensional gravity models, while in higher dimensions the higher curvature interactions of Lovelock gravity are similarly prominent. Considering conformal invariance in the context of Lovelock gravity leads to natural, higher-curvature generalizations of the Weyl, Schouten, Cotton and Bach tensors, with properties that straightforwardly extend those of their familiar counterparts. As a first application, we introduce a new set of conformally invariant gravity theories in D=4k dimensions, based on the squares of the higher curvature Weyl tensors.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1306.4637

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zbMATH Keywords

Lovelock gravityconformal tensorsBach tensors

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15)

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