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Main Authors: Sadovski, Guilherme, Sobreiro, Rodrigo F.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.02884
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author Sadovski, Guilherme
Sobreiro, Rodrigo F.
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Sobreiro, Rodrigo F.
contents In this work, we propose a topological quantum field theory phase for four-dimensional gravity. We show it is able to generate, not only General Relativity, but the whole family of Lovelock-Cartan theories of gravity. This is accomplished due to the existence of a topological symmetry which, when explicitly broken via the introduction of a mass scale, releases the local degrees of freedom of gravity. Additionally, we introduce an extended notion of the (anti-)self-dual Landau gauge conditions to evaluate the Ward identities, counterterms, and prove the quantum stability of the model, to all orders in perturbation theory, using the algebraic renormalization technique.
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spellingShingle Topological symmetry-restored phase of gravity
Sadovski, Guilherme
Sobreiro, Rodrigo F.
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
In this work, we propose a topological quantum field theory phase for four-dimensional gravity. We show it is able to generate, not only General Relativity, but the whole family of Lovelock-Cartan theories of gravity. This is accomplished due to the existence of a topological symmetry which, when explicitly broken via the introduction of a mass scale, releases the local degrees of freedom of gravity. Additionally, we introduce an extended notion of the (anti-)self-dual Landau gauge conditions to evaluate the Ward identities, counterterms, and prove the quantum stability of the model, to all orders in perturbation theory, using the algebraic renormalization technique.
title Topological symmetry-restored phase of gravity
topic General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.02884