6D conformal gravity

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/44/17/175402MaRDI QIDQ2998083zbMATHOpenAlexFDO

Authors R. R. Metsaev

Publication date 18 May 2011

Published in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1012.2079

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Deformation quantization, star products (53D55) Semiclassical techniques, including WKB and Maslov methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81Q20) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15)

Abstract: In the framework of ordinary-derivative approach, conformal gravity in space-time of dimension six is studied. The field content, in addition to conformal graviton field, includes two auxiliary rank-2 symmetric tensor fields, two Stueckelberg vector fields and one Stueckelberg scalar field. Gauge invariant Lagrangian with conventional kinetic terms and the corresponding gauge transformations are obtained. One of the rank-2 tensor fields and the scalar field have canonical conformal dimension. With respect to these fields, the Lagrangian contains, in addition to other terms, a cubic potential. Gauging away the Stueckelberg fields and excluding the auxiliary fields via equations of motion, the higher-derivative Lagrangian of 6d conformal gravity is obtained. The higher derivative Lagrangian involves quadratic and cubic curvature terms. This higher-derivative Lagrangian coincides with the simplest Weyl invariant density discussed in the earlier literature. Generalization of de Donder gauge conditions to 6d conformal fields is also obtained.

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