Higher-dimensional gravity, propagating torsion and AdS gauge invariance

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/17/21/307zbMATH Open0979.83039arXivhep-th/9907109OpenAlexW3104069297MaRDI QIDQ4528047FDOQ4528047

Jorge Zanelli, Ricardo Troncoso

Publication date: 5 July 2001

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The most general theory of gravity in d-dimensions which leads to second order field equations for the metric has [(d-1)/2] free parameters. It is shown that requiring the theory to have the maximum possible number of degrees of freedom, fixes these parameters in terms of the gravitational and the cosmological constants. In odd dimensions, the Lagrangian is a Chern-Simons form for the (A)dS or Poincare groups. In even dimensions, the action has a Born-Infeld-like form. Torsion may occur explicitly in the Lagrangian in the parity-odd sector and the torsional pieces respect local (A)dS symmetry for d=4k-1 only. These torsional Lagrangians are related to the Chern-Pontryagin characters for the (A)dS group. The additional coefficients in front of these new terms in the Lagrangian are shown to be quantized.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9907109

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zbMATH Keywords

higher-dimensional gravitypropagating torsion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15)

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