Lie-algebra expansions, Chern-Simons theories and the Einstein-Hilbert Lagrangian

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DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2006.07.058zbMATH Open1248.81115arXivhep-th/0605174OpenAlexW1994228193WikidataQ115341538 ScholiaQ115341538MaRDI QIDQ712809FDOQ712809

José D. Edelstein, Ricardo Troncoso, Mokhtar Hassaïne, Jorge Zanelli

Publication date: 18 October 2012

Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Starting from gravity as a Chern-Simons action for the AdS algebra in five dimensions, it is possible to deform the theory through an expansion of the Lie algebra that leads to a system consisting of the Einstein-Hilbert action plus nonminimally coupled matter. The deformed system is gauge invariant under the Poincare group enlarged by an Abelian ideal. Although the resulting action naively looks like General Relativity plus corrections due to matter sources, it is shown that the nonminimal couplings produce a radical departure from GR. Indeed, the dynamics is not continuously connected to the one obtained from Einstein-Hilbert action. In a matter-free configuration and in the torsionless sector, the field equations are too strong a restriction on the geometry as the metric must satisfy both the Einstein and pure Gauss-Bonnet equations. In particular, the five-dimensional Schwarzschild geometry fails to be a solution; however, configurations corresponding to a brane-world with positive cosmological constant on the worldsheet are admissible when one of the matter fields is switched on. These results can be extended to higher odd dimensions.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0605174




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