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pp waves of conformal gravity with self-interacting source

Journal Article · · Annals of Physics (New York)
 [1];  [2]
  1. Centro de Estudios Cientificos (CECS), Casilla 1469, Valdivia (Chile) and Departamento de Fisica, CINVESTAV-IPN, Apdo. Postal 14-740, 07000 Mexico DF (Mexico)
  2. Centro de Estudios Cientificos (CECS), Casilla 1469, Valdivia (Chile)
Recently, Deser, Jackiw and Pi have shown that three-dimensional conformal gravity with a source given by a conformally coupled scalar field admits pp wave solutions. In this paper, we consider this model with a self-interacting potential preserving the conformal structure. A pp wave geometry is also supported by this system and, we show that this model is equivalent to topologically massive gravity with a cosmological constant whose value is given in terms of the potential strength.
OSTI ID:
20690154
Journal Information:
Annals of Physics (New York), Journal Name: Annals of Physics (New York) Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 317; ISSN 0003-4916; ISSN APNYA6
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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