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Dilaton gravity (with a Gauss-Bonnet term) derived from five-dimensional Chern-Simons gravity

Maximo Banados

gr-qcarXiv:gr-qc/9603029

Abstract

We study the problem of boundary terms and boundary conditions for Chern-Simons gravity in five dimensions. We show that under reasonable boundary conditions one finds an effective field theory at the four-dimensional boundary described by dilaton gravity with a Gauss-Bonnet term. The coupling of matter is also discussed.

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