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Gravitons in Flatland

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-05-19 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We review some features of three-dimensional (3D) massive gravity theories. In particular, we stress the role of the Schouten tensor, explore an analogy with Lovelock gravity and discuss renormalizabilty.

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@article{arxiv.1007.4561,
  title  = {Gravitons in Flatland},
  author = {Eric A. Bergshoeff and Olaf Hohm and Paul K. Townsend},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1007.4561},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

11 pages, Contribution to proceedings of the workshop {\it Cosmology, the Quantum Vacuum and Zeta Functions} in celebration of the 60th birthday of Emilio Elizalde; Barcelona, 8-10 March, 2010. Additional references in v2

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