On-shell versus off-shell equivalence in 3D gravity

DOI10.1088/1361-6382/AB10E7zbMATH Open1476.83122arXiv1812.09205OpenAlexW3099661591WikidataQ64298227 ScholiaQ64298227MaRDI QIDQ5152944FDOQ5152944

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

Publication date: 28 September 2021

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

Abstract: A given field theory action determines a set of field equations but other actions may yield equivalent field equations; if so they are on-shell equivalent. They may also be off-shell equivalent, being related by the elimination of auxiliary fields or by local field redefinitions, but this is not guaranteed, as we demonstrate by consideration of the linearized limit of 3D massive gravity models. Failure to appreciate this subtlety has led to incorrect conclusions in recent studies of the "Minimal Massive Gravity" model.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.09205

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zbMATH Keywords

massive gravitythree-dimensional gravityasymptotic charges

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Lagrangian formalism and Hamiltonian formalism in mechanics of particles and systems (70S05) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05) Analogues of general relativity in lower dimensions (83C80)

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