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Gauge $\times$ Gauge $=$ Gravity on Homogeneous Spaces using Tensor Convolutions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-07-07 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

A definition of a convolution of tensor fields on group manifolds is given, which is then generalised to generic homogeneous spaces. This is applied to the product of gauge fields in the context of `gravity == gauge ×\times gauge'. In particular, it is shown that the linear Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin (BRST) gauge transformations of two Yang-Mills gauge fields generate the linear BRST diffeomorphism transformations of the graviton. This facilitates the definition of the `gauge ×\times gauge' convolution product on, for example, the static Einstein universe, and more generally for ultrastatic spacetimes with compact spatial slices.

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@article{arxiv.2104.01135,
  title  = {Gauge $\times$ Gauge $=$ Gravity on Homogeneous Spaces using Tensor Convolutions},
  author = {L. Borsten and I. Jubb and V. Makwana and S. Nagy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.01135},
  year   = {2021}
}