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Unpublished Paper
Conformal Tensors via Lovelock Gravity
CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY (2013)
  • David Kastor, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Abstract

Constructs from conformal geometry are important in low dimensional gravity models, while in higher dimensions the higher curvature interactions of Lovelock gravity are similarly prominent. Considering conformal invariance in the context of Lovelock gravity leads to natural, higher-curvature generalizations of the Weyl, Schouten, Cotton and Bach tensors, with properties that straightforwardly extend those of their familiar counterparts. As a first application, we introduce a new set of conformally invariant gravity theories in D=4k dimensions, based on the squares of the higher curvature Weyl tensors.

Publication Date
September 2, 2013
Comments
This is the pre-published version harvested from ArXiv.org. The published version is located at http://iopscience.iop.org/0264-9381/30/19/195006/pdf/0264-9381_30_19_195006.pdf.
Citation Information
David Kastor. "Conformal Tensors via Lovelock Gravity" CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM GRAVITY (2013)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/david_kastor/42/