Friday, August 24, 2012

1208.0339 (S. Deser et al.)

Canonical bifurcation in higher derivative, higher spin, theories    [PDF]

S. Deser, S. Ertl, D. Grumiller
We present a non-perturbative canonical analysis of the D=3 quadratic-curvature, yet ghost-free, model to exemplify a novel, "constraint bifurcation", effect. Consequences include a jump in excitation count: a linearized level gauge variable is promoted to a dynamical one in the full theory. We illustrate these results with their concrete perturbative counterparts. They are of course mutually consistent, as are perturbative findings in related models. A geometrical interpretation in terms of propagating torsion reveals the model's relation to an (improved) version of Einstein-Weyl gravity at the linearized level. Finally, we list some necessary conditions for triggering the bifurcation phenomenon in general interacting gauge systems.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1208.0339

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