A Model of Affine Gravity in Two Dimensions and Plurality of Topology

DOI10.1142/S0217751X9700270XzbMATH0902.53060OpenAlexW1524135914MaRDI QIDQ4211985FDOQ4211985

Authors M. Ferraris, M. Francaviglia, Igor V. Volovich

Publication date 19 October 1998

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9302037

zbMATH Keywords

Weyl connectionfirst-order formalismtopology changetwo-dimensional gravitynonlinear Lagrangians

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05)

Abstract: A model of two--dimensional gravity with an action depending only on a linear connection is considered. This model is a topological one, in the sense that the classical action does not contain a metric or zweibein at all. A metric and an additional vector field are instead introduced in the process of solving equations of motion for the connection. They satisfy the constant curvature equation. It is shown that the general solution of these equations of motion can be described by using the space of orbits under the action of the Weyl group in the functional space containing all pairs formed by a metric and a vectorfield. It is shown also that this model admits an equivalent description by using a family of actions depending on the metric and the connection as independent variables.

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