Cotton blend gravity pp waves

Sep, 2004
6 pages
Published in:
  • Acta Phys.Polon.B 36 (2005) 27-34
e-Print:
Report number:
  • BRX-TH-546,
  • BUHEP-04-13,
  • MIT-CTP-3533

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Abstract: (arXiv)
We study conformal gravity in d=2+1, where the Cotton tensor is equated to a--necessarily traceless--matter stress tensor, for us that of the improved scalar field. We first solve this system exactly in the pppp wave regime, then show it to be equivalent to topologically massive gravity.
Note:
  • Dedicated to Andrzej Staruszkiewicz, a pioneer in d=3 gravity, on his 65th birthday
  • 6 pages. Dedicated to Andrzej Staruszkiewicz, a pioneer in d=3 gravity, on his 65th birthday Report-no: BRX TH-546: MIT-CTP-3533: BUHEP-04-13
  • 04.20.-q
  • 04.20.Jb
  • gravitation: conformal
  • dimension: 3
  • pp-wave
  • vector: Killing