Chern-Simons formulation of three-dimensional gravity with torsion and nonmetricity

Details Chern-Simons formulation of three-dimensional gravity with torsion and nonmetricity Chern-Simons formulation of three-dimensional gravity with torsion and nonmetricity

2005-07-20

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0507200v2

J.Geom.Phys. 56 (2006) 2523-2543

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

24 pages, uses JHEP3.cls. Published version

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.geomphys.2006.01.006

We consider various models of three-dimensional gravity with torsion or nonmetricity (metric affine gravity), and show that they can be written as Chern-Simons theories with suitable gauge groups. Using the groups ISO(2,1), SL(2,C) or SL(2,R) x SL(2,R), and the fact that they admit two independent coupling constants, we obtain the Mielke-Baekler model for zero, positive or negative effective cosmological constant respectively. Choosing SO(3,2) as gauge group, one gets a generalization of conformal gravity that has zero torsion and only the trace part of the nonmetricity. This characterizes a Weyl structure. Finally, we present a new topological model of metric affine gravity in three dimensions arising from an SL(4,R) Chern-Simons theory.

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