A Complete Classification of Higher Derivative Gravity in 3D and Criticality in 4D

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2011-09-21

arxiv.org/abs/1109.4458v4

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

20 pages, v2: minor corrections, refs. added, v3: logic modified, v4: typos corrected

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We study the condition that the theory is unitary and stable in three-dimensional gravity with most general quadratic curvature, Lorentz-Chern-Simons and cosmological terms. We provide the complete classification of the unitary theories around flat Minkowski and (anti-)de Sitter spacetimes. The analysis is performed by examining the quadratic fluctuations around these classical vacua. We also discuss how to understand critical condition for four-dimensional theories at the Lagrangian level.

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