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Born-Infeld Gravity in any Dimension

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-10 v2

Abstract

We develop a Born-Infeld type theory for gravity in any dimension. We show that in four dimensions our formalism allows a self-dual (or anti-self dual) Born-Infeld gravity description. Moreover, we show that such a self-dual action is reduced to both the Deser-Gibbons and the Jacobson-Smolin-Samuel action of Ashtekar formulation. A supersymmetric generalization of our approach is outlined.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0402071,
  title  = {Born-Infeld Gravity in any Dimension},
  author = {J. A. Nieto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0402071},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

5 pages, REVeX4, additional comments, minor typos corrected