Chern-Simons gravity, based on a non-semisimple group

Christian Duval (1, 2) , Z. Horváth , P. A. Horváthy

1 CPT - Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 6207
2 CPT - Centre de Physique Théorique - UMR 7332

The gauge theory-formulation of string-motivated lineal gravity proposed by Cangemi and Jackiw is obtained by dimensional reduction from $(2+1)$ dimensional gravity with a Chern-Simons Lagrangian.

Domaines: Physique des Hautes Energies - Théorie [hep-th]

Christian Duval, Z. Horváth, P. A. Horváthy. Chern-Simons gravity, based on a non-semisimple group. 2008. ⟨hal-00326291⟩