The third way to 3D gravity

DOI10.1142/S0218271815440150zbMATH Open1329.83147arXiv1506.05949WikidataQ125761604 ScholiaQ125761604MaRDI QIDQ3464446FDOQ3464446

Authors: Wout Merbis, Alasdair J. Routh, Eric A. Bergshoeff, Paul Kingsley Townsend 

Publication date: 27 January 2016

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

Abstract: Consistency of Einstein's gravitational field equation $G_{muu}propto{T}_{muu}$ imposes a "conservation condition" on the $T$-tensor that is satisfied by (i) matter stress tensors, as a consequence of the matter equations of motion, and (ii) identically by certain other tensors, such as the metric tensor. However, there is a third way, overlooked until now because it implies a "non-geometrical" action: one {it not} constructed from the metric and its derivatives alone. The new possibility is exemplified by the 3D "minimal massive gravity" model, which resolves the "bulk vs. boundary" unitarity problem of topologically massive gravity with anti-de Sitter asymptotics. Although all known examples of the third way are in three spacetime dimensions, the idea is general and could, in principle, apply to higher-dimensional theories.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.05949

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zbMATH Keywords

Bianchi identitiesmodified theories of gravitytopologically massive gravitylower-dimensional gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Analogues of general relativity in lower dimensions (83C80)

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