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Title: Conformal gravity from the AdS/CFT mechanism

Journal Article · · Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
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  1. Departamento de Ciencias Fisicas, Universidad Andres Bello, Av. Republica 252, Santiago (Chile)

We explicitly calculate the induced gravity theory at the boundary of an asymptotically anti-de Sitter five dimensional Einstein gravity. We also display the action that encodes the dynamics of radial diffeomorphisms. It is found that the induced theory is a four dimensional conformal gravity plus a scalar field. This calculation confirms some previous results found by a different approach.

OSTI ID:
21020218
Journal Information:
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields, Vol. 75, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.75.067501; (c) 2007 The American Physical Society; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English