Universal Kounterterms in Lovelock AdS gravity
High Energy Physics - Theory
2008-11-26 v1
Abstract
We show the universal form of the boundary term (Kounterterm series) which regularizes the Euclidean action and background-independent definition of conserved quantities for any Lovelock gravity theory with AdS asymptotics (including Einstein-Hilbert and Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet). We discuss on the connection of this procedure to the existence of topological invariants and Chern-Simons forms in the corresponding dimensions.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0806.1197,
title = {Universal Kounterterms in Lovelock AdS gravity},
author = {Georgios Kofinas and Rodrigo Olea},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.1197},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
9 pages, no figures. Contribution to the proceedings of 3rd RTN Workshop: Constituents, Fundamental Forces and Symmetries of the Universe, Valencia, Spain, 1-5 Oct 2007