A note on Weyl invariance in gravity and the Wess-Zumino functional

DOI10.1016/J.NUCLPHYSB.2016.07.016zbMATH Open1349.81165arXiv1607.06326OpenAlexW2492924578MaRDI QIDQ341860FDOQ341860

Authors: J. Attard, S. Lazzarini 

Publication date: 17 November 2016

Published in: Nuclear Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: It is shown that the explicit calculation of the Wess-Zumino functional pertaining to the breaking term of the Weyl symmetry for the Einstein-Hilbert action allows to restore the Weyl symmetry by introducing the extra dilaton field as Goldstone field. Adding the Wess-Zumino counter-term to the Einstein-Hilbert action reproduces the usual Weyl invariant action used in standard literature. Further consideration might confer to the Einstein-Hilbert action a new status.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.06326

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05)

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