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Dilaton gravity (with a Gauss-Bonnet term) derived from five-dimensional Chern-Simons gravity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2011-09-09 v4

Abstract

We study the problem of boundary terms and boundary conditions for Chern-Simons gravity in five dimensions. We show that under reasonable boundary conditions one finds an effective field theory at the four-dimensional boundary described by dilaton gravity with a Gauss-Bonnet term. The coupling of matter is also discussed.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9603029,
  title  = {Dilaton gravity (with a Gauss-Bonnet term) derived from five-dimensional Chern-Simons gravity},
  author = {Maximo Banados},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9603029},
  year   = {2011}
}

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Minor changes, version to appear in Physical Review D. RevTeX, one figure

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