Discussing Quantum Aspects of Higher-Derivative 3D-Gravity in the First-Order Formalism

Autor: Helayel-Neto, J. A., de Moraes, L. M., Otoya, V. J. Vasquez
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Eur.Phys.J.C67:311-319,2010
Druh dokumentu: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s10052-010-1297-3
Popis: In this paper, we reassess the issue of deriving the propagators and identifying the spectrum of excitations associated to the vielbein and spin connection of (1+2)-D gravity in the presence of dynamical torsion, while working in the first-order formulation. A number of peculiarities is pointed out whenever the Chern-Simons term is taken into account along with a combination of bilinear terms in the torsion tensor. We present a procedure to derive the full set of propagators, based on an algebra of enlarged spin-type operators, and we discuss under which conditions the poles of the tree-level 2-point functions correspond to physical excitations that do not conflict with causality and unitarity.
Databáze: arXiv