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November 14, 2003Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields779 citationsOpen Access

Chern-Simons modification of general relativity

RJR. JackiwSPS.-Y. Pi

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General relativity is extended by promoting the three-dimensional gravitational Chern-Simons term to four dimensions. This entails choosing an embedding coordinate v_---an external quantity, which we fix to be a nonvanishing constant in its time component. The theory is identical to one in which the embedding coordinate is itself a dynamical variable, rather than a fixed, external quantity. Consequently diffeomorphism symmetry breaking is hidden in the modified theory: the Schwarzschild metric is a solution; gravitational waves possess two polarizations, each traveling at the velocity of light; a conserved energy-momentum (pseudo) tensor can be constructed. The modification is visible in the intensity of gravitational radiation: the two polarizations of a gravity wave carry intensities that are suppressed or enhanced by the extension.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a06df8b02b4a6d6a3d3cdfahttps://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.68.104012
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