Teleparallel equivalent of Lovelock gravity

There is a growing interest in modified gravity theories based on torsion, as these theories exhibit interesting cosmological implications. In this work inspired by the teleparallel formulation of general relativity, we present its extension to Lovelock gravity known as the most natural extension of...

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Veröffentlicht in:Physical review. D 2015-12, Vol.92 (12), Article 124023
Hauptverfasser: Gonzalez, P A, Vasquez, Yerko
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:There is a growing interest in modified gravity theories based on torsion, as these theories exhibit interesting cosmological implications. In this work inspired by the teleparallel formulation of general relativity, we present its extension to Lovelock gravity known as the most natural extension of general relativity in higher-dimensional space-times. First, we review the teleparallel equivalent of general relativity and Gauss-Bonnet gravity, and then we construct the teleparallel equivalent of Lovelock gravity. In order to achieve this goal, we use the vielbein and the connection without imposing the Weitzenbock connection. Then, we extract the teleparallel formulation of the theory by setting the curvature to null.
ISSN:1550-7998
2470-0010
1550-2368
2470-0029
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.92.124023