Gravitons and a complex of differential operators

DOI10.1142/S0217732315400015zbMATH Open1307.70028arXiv1406.7159MaRDI QIDQ5178787FDOQ5178787

Authors: Kirill Krasnov 

Publication date: 17 March 2015

Published in: Modern Physics Letters A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Gravity is now understood to become simple on-shell. We sketch how it becomes simple also off-shell, when reformulated appropriately. Thus, we describe a simple Lagrangian for gravitons that makes use of a certain complex of differential operators. The Lagrangian is constructed analogously to that of Maxwell's theory, just using a different complex. The complex, and therefore also our description of gravitons, makes sense on any half-conformally flat four-dimensional manifold.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1406.7159

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zbMATH Keywords

linearised gravitygravitational instantonsgauge-theoretic approach to gravity

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Differential geometric methods (tensors, connections, symplectic, Poisson, contact, Riemannian, nonholonomic, etc.) for problems in mechanics (70G45) Yang-Mills and other gauge theories in mechanics of particles and systems (70S15) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60)

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• A gauge-theoretic approach to gravity

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• GR uniqueness and deformations
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