Consistent Levi-Civita truncation uniquely characterizes the Lovelock Lagrangians

被引：14

作者：

Dadhich, Naresh ^{[2
]}

Pons, Josep M. ^{[1
,2
,3
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Barcelona, Fac Fis, DECM, E-08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

[2] IUCAA, Pune 411007, Maharashtra, India

[3] Univ Barcelona, Fac Fis, ICC, E-08028 Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

来源：

PHYSICS LETTERS B | 2011年 / 705卷 / 1-2期

关键词：

PALATINI FORMALISM; GRAVITY;

D O I：

10.1016/j.physletb.2011.09.108

中图分类号：

P1 [天文学];

学科分类号：

0704 ;

摘要：

We define the concept of Levi-Civita truncation for a Lagrangian in the Palatini formulation with an arbitrary connection, and show that its consistency uniquely identifies the Lovelock Lagrangians. (C) 2011 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：139 / 142

页数：4

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