pp waves of conformal gravity with self-interacting source

Journal Article · Sun May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2005 · Annals of Physics (New York)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aop.2004.11.006· OSTI ID:20690154

Ayon-Beato, Eloy ^[1]; Hassaine, Mokhtar ^[2]

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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), Vol. 317, Issue 1; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.aop.2004.11.006; PII: S0003-4916(04)00214-3; Copyright (c) 2004 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-4916
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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