Dynamical structure of Pure Lovelock gravity
High Energy Physics - Theory
2016-03-09 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
We study dynamical structure of Pure Lovelock gravity in spacetime dimensions higher than four using the Hamiltonian formalism. The action consists of cosmological constant and a single higher-order polynomial in the Riemann tensor. Similarly to Einstein-Hilbert action, it possesses a unique constant curvature vacuum and charged black hole solutions. We analyze physical degrees of freedom and local symmetries in this theory. In contrast to the Einstein-Hilbert case, a number of degrees of freedom depends on the background and can vary from zero to the maximal value carried by the Lovelock theory.
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@article{arxiv.1511.02541,
title = {Dynamical structure of Pure Lovelock gravity},
author = {Naresh Dadhich and Remigiusz Durka and Nelson Merino and Olivera Miskovic},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.02541},
year = {2016}
}
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