Phys. Rev. D 65, 125020 (2002) [7 pages]

Diff-invariant kinetic terms in arbitrary dimensions

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J. Fernando Barbero G.^*
Instituto de Matemáticas y Física Fundamental, C.S.I.C., C/Serrano 113bis, 28006 Madrid, Spain

Eduardo J. S. Villaseñor^†
Escuela Superior de Ingeniería Industrial, Universidad Europea, Urb. El Bosque, C/Tajo s/n, Villaviciosa de Odón, Madrid, 28670, Spain

Received 25 March 2002; published 14 June 2002

We study the physical content of quadratic diff-invariant Lagrangians in arbitrary dimensions by using covariant symplectic techniques. This paper extends previous results in dimension four. We discuss the difference between the even and odd dimensional cases.

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http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.65.125020

DOI:

10.1103/PhysRevD.65.125020

PACS:

03.50.Kk, 04.20.Fy, 11.10.Kk

^*Email address: jfbarbero@imaff.cfmac.csic.es

^†Email address: ejesus.sanchez@mat.ind.uem.es

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Phys. Rev. D 65, 125020 (2002) [7 pages]

Diff-invariant kinetic terms in arbitrary dimensions