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Weak Field Expansion of Gravity and Graphical Representation

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We introduce a graphical representation for a global SO(n) tensor \pl\m\pl\nh\ab\pl_\m\pl_\n h_\ab, which generally appears in the perturbative approach of gravity around the flat space: g\mn=\del\mn+h\mng_\mn=\del_\mn+h_\mn. We systematically construct global SO(n) invariants. Independence and completeness of those invariants are shown by taking examples of \pl\plh\pl\pl h-, and (\pl\plh)2 (\pl\pl h)^2- invariants. They are classified graphically. Indices which characterize all independent invariants (or graphs) are given. We apply the results to general invariants with dimension (Mass)4(Mass)^4 and the Gauss-Bonnet identity in 4-dim gravity.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9609013,
  title  = {Weak Field Expansion of Gravity and Graphical Representation},
  author = {Shoichi Ichinose and Noriaki Ikeda},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9609013},
  year   = {2007}
}

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