Characteristic classes in general relativity on a modified Poincaré curvature bundle

DOI10.1063/1.4990708zbMATH Open1376.83009arXiv1706.01328OpenAlexW2624535106MaRDI QIDQ5366986FDOQ5366986

Authors: Yoshimasa Kurihara 

Publication date: 10 October 2017

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Characteristic classes in space-time manifolds are discussed for both even- and odd-dimensional spacetimes. In particular, it is shown that the Einstein--Hilbert action is equivalent to a second Chern-class on a modified Poincare bundle in four dimensions. Consequently, the cosmological constant and the trace of an energy-momentum tensor become divisible modulo R/Z.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.01328

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zbMATH Keywords

cosmological constantgeneral relativitycharacteristic classesEinstein-Hilbert actionsecond Chern-classspace-time manifoldsmodified Poincaré curvature bundletrace of an energy-momentum tensor

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Riemann-Roch theorems, Chern characters (19L10) Special connections and metrics on vector bundles (Hermite-Einstein, Yang-Mills) (53C07) Methods of global Riemannian geometry, including PDE methods; curvature restrictions (53C21) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Macroscopic interaction of the gravitational field with matter (hydrodynamics, etc.) (83C55) Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories (83E15) Relativistic cosmology (83F05)

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• Symplectic structure for general relativity and Einstein-Brillouin-Keller quantization
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