A first-order approach to conformal gravity

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/aa944fzbMath1381.83113arXiv1601.00567OpenAlexW3106134941MaRDI QIDQ4601780

Hans F. Westman, Tom G. Zlosnik

Publication date: 24 January 2018

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1601.00567

zbMATH Keywords

first-order approachmodified gravityconformal gravitygauge gravityspontaneously-broken gauge theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in quantum field theory (81T13) Symmetry breaking in quantum theory (81R40) Applications of differential geometry to physics (53Z05) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

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