Chern–Simons forms in gravitation theories

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/29/13/133001zbMath1248.83001arXiv1208.3353OpenAlexW3101490869MaRDI QIDQ2904575

Jorge Zanelli

Publication date: 14 August 2012

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1208.3353

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Supergravity (83E50) Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-02) Special relativity (83A05) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Electromagnetic theory (general) (78A25) Analogues of general relativity in lower dimensions (83C80)

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