A consistent theory of D → 4 Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity
We investigate the D→4 limit of the D-dimensional Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity, where the limit is taken with α˜=(D−4)α kept fixed and α is the original Gauss-Bonnet coupling. Using the ADM decomposition in D dimensions, we clarify that the limit is rather subtle and ambiguous (if not ill-defined)...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2020-11-01
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Series: | Physics Letters B |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0370269320306468 |