Einsteinian gravity from a topological action
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Publication:934878
DOI10.1007/S10714-007-0603-3zbMATH Open1145.83023arXiv0707.3466OpenAlexW2088828187MaRDI QIDQ934878FDOQ934878
Authors: Eckehard W. Mielke 
Publication date: 30 July 2008
Published in: General Relativity and Gravitation (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: The curvature-squared model of gravity, in the affine form proposed by Weyl and Yang, is deduced from a topological action in 4D. More specifically, we start from the Pontrjagin (or Euler) invariant. Using the BRST antifield formalism with a double duality gauge fixing, we obtain a consistent quantization in spaces of double dual curvature as classical instanton type background. However, exact vacuum solutions with double duality properties exhibit a `vacuum degeneracy'. By modifying the duality via a scale breaking term, we demonstrate that only Einstein's equations with an induced cosmological constant emerge for the topology of the macroscopic background. This may have repercussions on the problem of `dark energy' as well as `dark matter' modeled by a torsion induced quintaxion.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0707.3466
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