Structure of Lanczos-Lovelock Lagrangians in critical dimensions

DOI10.1007/s10714-011-1146-1zbMath1217.83047arXiv1008.5154MaRDI QIDQ542407

Yong-Cai Geng, Sumit K. Garg

Publication date: 10 June 2011

Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1008.5154

zbMATH Keywords

Chern-Simons term; critical dimension; gravitational action; Lanczos-Lovelock action

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

83C05: Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems)

83C40: Gravitational energy and conservation laws; groups of motions

83E15: Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories

83D05: Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories