The Lanczos potential and Chern-Simons theory

DOI10.1142/S0217751X20500062MaRDI QIDQ4992435zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors M. D. Roberts

Publication date 8 June 2021

Published in International Journal of Modern Physics A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0808.1687

zbMATH Keywords

Chern-SimonsLanczos potential

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Gravitational interaction in quantum theory (81V17)

Abstract: A new tensor $D$ is introduced which is constructed from the Lanczos potential and is of the same form as that of the Weyl tensor $C$ expressed in terms of the Lanczos potential except that covariant differentiation is replaced by transvection with a vector $v$. The new tensor has associated invariants $CcdotD$ and $D^2$, the first of these can be interpreted as a Chern-Simons term for Weyl $C^2$ gravity. Both invariants allow various tensors to be constructed and some of the properties of these are investigated by using exact examples.

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