On the dimensional reduction of gravity |
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| Authors: | D H Tchrakian |
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| Institution: | (1) Theory Group, Physics Department, The University of Texas at Austin, 78712 Austin, Texas, USA;(2) Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bonn, D-5300 Bonn 1, Germany;(3) Present address: Department of Mathematical Physics, St. Patrick's College, Maynooth, Kildare, Ireland |
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| Abstract: | Using the dimensional reduction characterizedM
6 =M
4×S2 as an example, it is demonstrated that higher-dimensional Einstein-Cartan (EC) gravity reduces to EC gravity with a cosmological term in four dimensions. A new higher-dimensional theory of gravity is proposed that results in EC gravitywithout cosmological term in four dimensions. |
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