2008

Characterization of the Lovelock gravity by Bianchi derivative

Dadhich, Naresh

Understand

We prove the theorem: The second order quasi-linear differential operator as a second rank divergence free tensor in the equation of motion for gravitation could always be derived from the trace of the Bianchi derivative of the fourth rank tensor, which is a homogeneous polynomial in curvatures.

  • The existence of such a tensor for each term in the polynomial Lagrangian is a new characterization of the Lovelock gravity.

Built on

  • D. Lovelock (1971) Jour. Math. Phys. 12

    1971

    Earlier work this paper cites.

  • C. W. Misner, K. S. Thorne and J. A. Wheeler (1973) Gravitation (Freeman)

    1973

    Earlier work this paper cites.

  • B. Zwiebach (1985) Phys. Lett. B156

    Original

    1985

    Earlier work this paper cites.

Similar

  • A. Mukhopadhyay and T. Padmanabhan (2006) Phys. Rev. D74

    2006

    Cited alongside, same era.

  • N. Dadhich (2007) On the Gauss Bonnet Gravity

    2007

    Cited alongside, same era.

  • N. Dadhich, Subtle is the Gravity

    Cited in the paper.

  • N.Dadhich, Universalization as a Physical guiding Principle

    Cited in the paper.

Then

Beyond the bibliography

alphaXiv searches the wider corpus for related work and actual follow-ups.

Open on alphaXiv

alphaXiv is searching for related work…