Manifest duality and Lorentz covariance for linearised gravity as edge modes
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| author | Chen, Calvin Y. -R. Joung, Euihun Mkrtchyan, Karapet |
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| contents | We present the first formulation of linearised gravity in four dimensions which is manifestly Lorentz covariant and democratic, i.e. treats the two frames related by electric-magnetic duality on equal footing. It is well-known that four-dimensional linearised gravity belongs to a class of singleton representations of the four-dimensional conformal algebra $\mathfrak{so}(2,4)$. Our key insight is viewing this algebra as the isometry of $\text{AdS}_5$ and realising the massless spin-2 field as an edge mode of a five-dimensional topological field taking values in a specific finite-dimensional representation of $\mathfrak{so}(2,4)$. The desired four-dimensional action is then found by a covariant boundary reduction procedure. |
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| spellingShingle | Manifest duality and Lorentz covariance for linearised gravity as edge modes Chen, Calvin Y. -R. Joung, Euihun Mkrtchyan, Karapet High Energy Physics - Theory General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology We present the first formulation of linearised gravity in four dimensions which is manifestly Lorentz covariant and democratic, i.e. treats the two frames related by electric-magnetic duality on equal footing. It is well-known that four-dimensional linearised gravity belongs to a class of singleton representations of the four-dimensional conformal algebra $\mathfrak{so}(2,4)$. Our key insight is viewing this algebra as the isometry of $\text{AdS}_5$ and realising the massless spin-2 field as an edge mode of a five-dimensional topological field taking values in a specific finite-dimensional representation of $\mathfrak{so}(2,4)$. The desired four-dimensional action is then found by a covariant boundary reduction procedure. |
| title | Manifest duality and Lorentz covariance for linearised gravity as edge modes |
| topic | High Energy Physics - Theory General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.11884 |