Superpotentials from variational derivatives rather than Lagrangians in relativistic theories of gravity

Details Superpotentials from variational derivatives rather than Lagrangians in relativistic theories of gravity Superpotentials from variational derivatives rather than Lagrangians in relativistic theories of gravity

2008-07-19

arxiv.org/abs/0807.3079v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Scheduled to appear in Class. Quantum Grav. August 2008

Scientific paper

10.1088/0264-9381/25/17/175024

The prescription of Silva to derive superpotential equations from variational derivatives rather than from Lagrangian densities is applied to theories of gravity derived from Lovelock Lagrangians in the Palatini representation. Spacetimes are without torsion and isolated sources of gravity are minimally coupled. On a closed boundary of spacetime, the metric is given and the connection coefficients are those of Christoffel. We derive equations for the superpotentials in these conditions. The equations are easily integrated and we give the general expression for all superpotentials associated with Lovelock Lagrangians. We find, in particular, that in Einstein's theory, in any number of dimensions, the superpotential, valid at spatial and at null infinity, is that of Katz, Bicak and Lynden-Bell, the KBL superpotential. We also give explicitly the superpotential for Gauss-Bonnet theories of gravity. Finally, we find a simple expression for the superpotential of Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet theories with an anti-de Sitter background: it is minus the KBL superpotential, confirming, as it should, the calculation of the total mass-energy of spacetime at spatial infinity by Deser and Tekin.

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