Comments on Topologically Massive Gravity with Propagating Torsion
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-10-31 v2
Abstract
We study and discuss some of the consequences of the inclusion of torsion in 3D Einstein-Chern-Simons gravity. Torsion may trigger the excitation of non-physical modes in the spectrum. Higher-derivative terms are then added up and tree-level unitarity is contemplated.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9903127,
title = {Comments on Topologically Massive Gravity with Propagating Torsion},
author = {J. L. Boldo and L. M. de Moraes and J. A. Helayel-Neto},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9903127},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
16 pages, Latex, new results added