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Using a first order Chern-Simons-like formulation of gravity we systematically construct higher-derivative extensions of general relativity in three dimensions. The construction ensures that the resulting higher-derivative gravity theories…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-19 Hamid R. Afshar , Eric A. Bergshoeff , Wout Merbis

We initiate the study of non- and ultra-relativistic higher spin theories. For sake of simplicity we focus on the spin-3 case in three dimensions. We classify all kinematical algebras that can be obtained by all possible In\"on\"u--Wigner…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-01-30 Eric Bergshoeff , Daniel Grumiller , Stefan Prohazka , Jan Rosseel

We identify an ambiguity in the Chern-Simons formulation of three-dimensional gravity with negative cosmological constant that originates in an outer automorphism of the Lie algebra sl(2,R). It has important consequences for the stability…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-06-30 Lior Benizri , Jan Troost

Teleparallel gravity, an empirically equivalent counterpart to General Relativity, represents the influence of gravity using torsional forces. It raises questions about theory interpretation and underdetermination. To better understand the…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2024-11-20 Helen Meskhidze , James Owen Weatherall

We consider inclusion of interactions between 3d Einstein gravity and the third order extensions of Chern-Simons. Once the gravity is minimally included into the third order vector field equations, the theory is shown to admit a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-09-26 D. S. Kaparulin , I. Yu. Karataeva , S. L. Lyakhovich

In the framework of teleparallel gravity, the Friedman-Robertson-Walker cosmological model with scalar tensor theory where scalar field is non-minimally coupled to both the torsion scalar and boundary term is studied. Utilizing the Noether…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-08-29 Ganim Gecim , Yusuf Kucukakca

General relativity is extended by promoting the three-dimensional gravitational Chern-Simons term to four dimensions. This entails choosing an embedding coordinate v_\mu -- an external quantity, which we fix to be a non-vanishing constant…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-11-17 R. Jackiw , S. -Y. Pi

Three-dimensional gravity in Anti-de Sitter space is considered, including torsion. The derivation of the central charges of the algebra that generates the asymptotic isometry group of the theory is reviewed, and a special point of the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2011-08-02 Ricardo Couso Santamaria , Jose D. Edelstein , Alan Garbarz , Gaston Giribet

We discuss a non-dynamical theory of gravity in three-dimensions which is based on an infinite-dimensional Lie algebra that is closely related to an infinite-dimensional extended AdS algebra. We find an intriguing connection between on the…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-01-07 Eric A. Bergshoeff , Mehmet Ozkan , Mustafa Salih Zog

The ultra-relativistic (Carrollian) regime of gravity has recently emerged as a fertile framework for exploring holography, non-Lorentzian symmetries, and geometric limit of General Relativity. In this letter, we establish the presence of a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-12 P. Concha , N. Merino , L. Ravera , E. Rodríguez

By considering the nonrelativistic limit of de-Sitter geometry one obtains the nonrelativistic space-time with a cosmological constant and Newton-Hooke (NH) symmetries. We show that the NH symmetry algebra can be enlarged by the addition of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-18 J. Lukierski , P. C. Stichel , W. J. Zakrzewski

We present a consistent way of coupling three-dimensional Maxwell Chern-Simons gravity theory with massless spin-$\frac{5}{2}$ gauge fields. We first introduce the simplest hyper-Maxwell Chern-Simons gravity containing two massless spin-2…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-09-15 Ricardo Caroca , Patrick Concha , Javier Matulich , Evelyn Rodríguez , David Tempo

Constructing an extension of Newton's theory which is defined on a non-Euclidean topology (in the sense of Thurston's decomposition), called a non-Euclidean Newtonian theory, corresponding to the zeroth order of a non-relativistic limit of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-06-23 Quentin Vigneron

The construction of the three-dimensional Chern-Simons supergravity theory invariant under the minimal Maxwell superalgebra is presented. We obtain a supergravity action without cosmological constant term characterized by three coupling…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2018-09-26 Patrick Concha , Diego M. Peñafiel , Evelyn Rodríguez

The geometric trinity of gravity comprises three distinct formulations of general relativity: (i) the standard formulation describing gravity in terms of spacetime curvature, (ii) the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity describing…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-10-22 William J. Wolf , James Read , Quentin Vigneron

The commonly-known Chern-Simons extension of Einstein gravitational theory is written in terms of a square-curvature term added to the linear-curvature Hilbert Lagrangian. In a recent paper, we constructed two Chern-Simons extensions…

General Physics · Physics 2021-03-16 Luca Fabbri

In this work, we classify all extended and generalized kinematical Lie algebras that can be obtained by expanding the $\mathfrak{so}\left(2,2\right)$ algebra. We show that the Lie algebra expansion method based on semigroups reproduces not…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-04-29 Patrick Concha , Daniel Pino , Lucrezia Ravera , Evelyn Rodríguez

I consider the classical (i.e., non-relativistic) limit of Teleparallel Gravity, a relativistic theory of gravity that is empirically equivalent to General Relativity and features torsional forces. I show that as the speed of light is…

History and Philosophy of Physics · Physics 2024-11-20 Helen Meskhidze

We introduce a novel reformulation of three-dimensional gravity in terms of divergenceless vector frames, inspired by the double copy for Chern-Simons theory. This formulation is on-shell equivalent to conventional 3D gravity and provides a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-03-31 Maor Ben-Shahar , Francesco Bonechi , Maxim Zabzine

We include a Chern-Simons term in a GL(3,R) gauge formulation of gravity with a cosmological contribution in 2+1 dimension and we explore consistence showing that excitations must be causal and standard topological massive gravity is…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-13 Rolando Gaitan