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Simple counterterms for asymptotically AdS spacetimes in Lovelock gravity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2011-12-01 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Although gravitational actions diverge in asymptotically AdS spacetimes, boundary counterterms can be added in order to cancel out those divergences; such counterterms are known in general to third order in the Riemann tensor for the Einstein-Hilbert action. Considering foliations of AdS with an Sm×HdmS^m \times H^{d-m} boundary, we discuss a simple algorithm which we use to generate counterterms up to sixth order in the Riemann tensor, for the Einstein-Hilbert, Gauss-Bonnet and third-order-Lovelock Lagrangians. We also comment on other theories such as F(R)F(R) gravity.

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@article{arxiv.1107.1250,
  title  = {Simple counterterms for asymptotically AdS spacetimes in Lovelock gravity},
  author = {Alexandre Yale},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1107.1250},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

16 pages. v3: title and presentation updated to match published version. Explicit expressions for 4th-order Lovelock Lagrangians and Gibbons-Hawking terms can be found in v2

R2 v1 2026-06-21T18:33:11.822Z