Chern–Simons terms in metric-affine space-time: Bianchi identities as Euler–Lagrange equations

DOI10.1063/1.529191zbMath0744.53047OpenAlexW2053336314MaRDI QIDQ3987343

Friedrich W. Hehl, Eckehard W. Mielke, Wojciech Kopczyński, J. Dermott McCrea

Publication date: 28 June 1992

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.529191

zbMATH Keywords

generating functionsgauge theory of gravityAshtekar type variablesChern-Simons type three-formsfour-forms

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

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