A new perspective on nonrelativistic gravity |
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Authors: | Roel Andringa Eric Bergshoeff Mees de Roo |
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Affiliation: | 1. Centre for Theoretical Physics, University of Groningen, Nijenborgh 4, 9747 AG, Groningen, The Netherlands
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Abstract: | The geometric reformulation of Newton??s gravity is known as Newton-Cartan theory. We compare the traditional derivation of this theory with a new, algebraic derivation, based on the gauging of a centrally extended Galilean symmetry algebra. In this comparison the role of the central charge gauge field will be explained. In particular, we show that the scalar potential following from this procedure coincides with the one given by the theory of Cartan. Our procedure can be generalized to describe other nonrelativistic limits of gravity involving gravitating strings. |
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