Non-trivial 2+1-Dimensional Gravity

Details Non-trivial 2+1-Dimensional Gravity Non-trivial 2+1-Dimensional Gravity

2010-08-07

arxiv.org/abs/1008.1308v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

15 pages

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We analyze 2+1-dimensional gravity in the framework of quantum gauge theory. We find that Einstein gravity has a trivial physical subspace which reflects the fact that the classical solution in empty space is flat. Therefore we study massive gravity which is not trivial. In the limit of vanishing graviton mass we obtain a non-trivial massless theory different from Einstein gravity. We derive the interaction from descent equations and obtain the cosmological topologically massive gravity. However, in addition to Einstein and Chern-Simons coupling we need coupling to fermionic ghost and anti-ghost fields and to a vector-graviton field with the same mass as the graviton.

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