scholarly journals A new formula for conserved charges of Lovelock gravity in AdS space–times and its generalization

2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (20) ◽  
pp. 2050102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun-Jin Peng ◽  
Hui-Fa Liu
Keyword(s):  
Curvature Tensor ◽  
Invariant Theory ◽  
Gravity Theory ◽  
De Sitter ◽  
Riemann Curvature ◽  
Riemann Curvature Tensor ◽  
Lovelock Gravity ◽  
Conserved Charges ◽  
Rank Tensor ◽  
New Formula

Within the framework of the Lovelock gravity theory, we propose a new rank-four divergenceless tensor consisting of the Riemann curvature tensor and inheriting its algebraic symmetry characters. Such a tensor can be adopted to define conserved charges of the Lovelock gravity theory in asymptotically anti-de Sitter (AdS) space–times. Besides, inspired with the case of the Lovelock gravity, we put forward another general fourth-rank tensor in the context of an arbitrary diffeomorphism invariant theory of gravity described by the Lagrangian constructed out of the curvature tensor. On basis of the newly-constructed tensor, we further suggest a Komar-like formula for the conserved charges of this generic gravity theory.

scholarly journals Riemann curvature of a boosted spacetime geometry

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (01) ◽  
pp. 1650002
Author(s):  
Emmanuele Battista ◽  
Giampiero Esposito ◽  
Paolo Scudellaro ◽  
Francesco Tramontano
Keyword(s):  
Curvature Tensor ◽  
Initial Conditions ◽  
Geodesic Equation ◽  
De Sitter Spacetime ◽  
De Sitter ◽  
Riemann Curvature ◽  
Riemann Curvature Tensor ◽  
Spacetime Geometry ◽  
Sitter Spacetime ◽  
First Time

The ultrarelativistic boosting procedure had been applied in the literature to map the metric of Schwarzschild–de Sitter spacetime into a metric describing de Sitter spacetime plus a shock-wave singularity located on a null hypersurface. This paper evaluates the Riemann curvature tensor of the boosted Schwarzschild–de Sitter metric by means of numerical calculations, which make it possible to reach the ultrarelativistic regime gradually by letting the boost velocity approach the speed of light. Thus, for the first time in the literature, the singular limit of curvature, through Dirac’s [Formula: see text] distribution and its derivatives, is numerically evaluated for this class of spacetimes. Moreover, the analysis of the Kretschmann invariant and the geodesic equation shows that the spacetime possesses a “scalar curvature singularity” within a 3-sphere and it is possible to define what we here call “boosted horizon”, a sort of elastic wall where all particles are surprisingly pushed away, as numerical analysis demonstrates. This seems to suggest that such “boosted geometries” are ruled by a sort of “antigravity effect” since all geodesics seem to refuse to enter the “boosted horizon” and are “reflected” by it, even though their initial conditions are aimed at driving the particles toward the “boosted horizon” itself. Eventually, the equivalence with the coordinate shift method is invoked in order to demonstrate that all [Formula: see text] terms appearing in the Riemann curvature tensor give vanishing contribution in distributional sense.

scholarly journals Curvature of quaternionic Kähler manifolds with $$S^1$$-symmetry

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Cortés ◽  
A. Saha ◽  
D. Thung
Keyword(s):  
Curvature Tensor ◽  
Decomposition Theorem ◽  
Kähler Manifolds ◽  
Kahler Manifolds ◽  
Riemann Curvature ◽  
Riemann Curvature Tensor ◽  
Cohomogeneity One ◽  
Civita Connection ◽  
Levi Civita Connection ◽  
Quaternionic Kähler

AbstractWe study the behavior of connections and curvature under the HK/QK correspondence, proving simple formulae expressing the Levi-Civita connection and Riemann curvature tensor on the quaternionic Kähler side in terms of the initial hyper-Kähler data. Our curvature formula refines a well-known decomposition theorem due to Alekseevsky. As an application, we compute the norm of the curvature tensor for a series of complete quaternionic Kähler manifolds arising from flat hyper-Kähler manifolds. We use this to deduce that these manifolds are of cohomogeneity one.

scholarly journals Field Equations for Lovelock Gravity: An Alternative Route

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumanta Chakraborty
Keyword(s):  
Gravitational Field ◽  
Curvature Tensor ◽  
Thermodynamic Description ◽  
Riemann Tensor ◽  
Field Equations ◽  
Riemann Curvature Tensor ◽  
Lovelock Gravity ◽  
Warm Up ◽  
Alternative Derivation ◽  
Gravitational Field Equations

We present an alternative derivation of the gravitational field equations for Lovelock gravity starting from Newton’s law, which is closer in spirit to the thermodynamic description of gravity. As a warm up exercise, we have explicitly demonstrated that, projecting the Riemann curvature tensor appropriately and taking a cue from Poisson’s equation, Einstein’s equations immediately follow. The above derivation naturally generalizes to Lovelock gravity theories where an appropriate curvature tensor satisfying the symmetries as well as the Bianchi derivative properties of the Riemann tensor has to be used. Interestingly, in the above derivation, the thermodynamic route to gravitational field equations, suited for null hypersurfaces, emerges quiet naturally.

scholarly journals Vassiliev invariants from symmetric spaces

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (10) ◽  
pp. 1650055 ◽  
Author(s):  
Indranil Biswas ◽  
Niels Leth Gammelgaard
Keyword(s):  
Symmetric Space ◽  
Lie Algebra ◽  
Curvature Tensor ◽  
Symmetric Spaces ◽  
Weight System ◽  
Riemannian Symmetric Space ◽  
Riemann Curvature ◽  
Riemann Curvature Tensor ◽  
Vassiliev Invariants ◽  
Chord Diagrams

We construct a natural framed weight system on chord diagrams from the curvature tensor of any pseudo-Riemannian symmetric space. These weight systems are of Lie algebra type and realized by the action of the holonomy Lie algebra on a tangent space. Among the Lie algebra weight systems, they are exactly characterized by having the symmetries of the Riemann curvature tensor.

scholarly journals Some characterizations of three-dimensional trans-Sasakian manifolds admitting η- Ricci solitons and trans-Sasakian manifolds as Kagan subprojective space

2020 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 427-432
Author(s):  
A. Sarkar ◽  
A. Sil ◽  
A. K. Paul
Keyword(s):  
Curvature Tensor ◽  
Ricci Tensor ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Ricci Soliton ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Ricci Solitons ◽  
Riemann Curvature ◽  
Sasakian Manifolds ◽  
Riemann Curvature Tensor ◽  
Order Parallel

UDC 514.7 The object of the present paper is to study three-dimensional trans-Sasakian manifolds admitting η -Ricci soliton. Actually, we study such manifolds whose Ricci tensor satisfy some special conditions like cyclic parallelity, Ricci semisymmetry, ϕ -Ricci semisymmetry, after reviewing the properties of second order parallel tensors on such manifolds. We determine the form of Riemann curvature tensor of trans-Sasakian manifolds of dimension greater than three as Kagan subprojective spaces. We also give some classification results of trans-Sasakian manifolds of dimension greater than three as Kagan subprojective spaces.

scholarly journals On The Formulation of Bianchi Identity from Action Principle

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shiladittya Debnath
Keyword(s):  
Curvature Tensor ◽  
Basic Property ◽  
Covariant Derivative ◽  
Bianchi Identity ◽  
Action Principle ◽  
Lie Derivative ◽  
General Covariance ◽  
Riemann Curvature ◽  
Riemann Curvature Tensor ◽  
Metric Tensor

Abstract In this letter, we investigate the basic property of the Hilbert-Einstein action principle and its infinitesimal variation under suitable transformation of the metric tensor. We find that for the variation in action to be invariant, it must be a scalar so as to obey the principle of general covariance. From this invariant action principle, we eventually derive the Bianchi identity (where, both the 1st and 2nd forms are been dissolved) by using the Lie derivative and Palatini identity. Finally, from our derived Bianchi identity, splitting it into its components and performing cyclic summation over all the indices, we eventually can derive the covariant derivative of the Riemann curvature tensor. This very formulation was first introduced by S Weinberg in case of a collision less plasma and gravitating system. We derive the Bianchi identity from the action principle via this approach; and hence the name ‘Weinberg formulation of Bianchi identity’.

scholarly journals Dislocation Density Tensor of Thin Elastic Shells at Finite Deformation

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bohua Sun
Keyword(s):  
Dislocation Density ◽  
Curvature Tensor ◽  
Finite Deformation ◽  
Middle Surface ◽  
Gauss Curvature ◽  
Riemann Curvature ◽  
Riemann Curvature Tensor ◽  
Metric Tensor ◽  
Elastic Shells ◽  
Dislocation Density Tensor

The dislocation density tensors of thin elastic shells have been formulated explicitly in terms of the Riemann curvature tensor. The formulation reveals that the dislocation density of the shells is  proportional to KA3=2, where K is the Gauss curvature and A is the determinant of metric tensor ofthe middle surface.

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