On Torsion and Nieh-Yan Form
High Energy Physics - Theory
2018-01-17 v1
Abstract
Using the well-known Chern-Weil formula and its generalization, we systematically construct the Chern-Simons forms and their generalization induced by torsion as well as the Nieh-Yan (N-Y) forms. We also give an argument on the vanishing of integration of N-Y form on any compact manifold without boundary. A systematic construction of N-Y forms in D=4n dimension is also given.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9805037,
title = {On Torsion and Nieh-Yan Form},
author = {Han-Ying Guo and Ke Wu and Wei Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9805037},
year = {2018}
}
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7 pages, latex, no figures