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Conformal gravity holography in four dimensions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2014-04-22 v2 Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

We formulate four-dimensional conformal gravity with (Anti-)de Sitter boundary conditions that are weaker than Starobinsky boundary conditions, allowing for an asymptotically subleading Rindler term concurrent with a recent model for gravity at large distances. We prove the consistency of the variational principle and derive the holographic response functions. One of them is the conformal gravity version of the Brown-York stress tensor, the other is a `partially massless response'. The on-shell action and response functions are finite and do not require holographic renormalization. Finally, we discuss phenomenologically interesting examples, including the most general spherically symmetric solutions and rotating black hole solutions with partially massless hair.

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@article{arxiv.1310.0819,
  title  = {Conformal gravity holography in four dimensions},
  author = {D. Grumiller and M. Irakleidou and I. Lovrekovic and R. McNees},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.0819},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

5pp; v2: Minor clarifications and edits, added references. Phys. Rev. Lett. version

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