Skip to content

A theorem on topologically massive gravity

A. N. Aliev, Y. Nutku

gr-qcarXiv:gr-qc/9812089

Abstract

We show that for three dimensional space-times admitting a hypersurface orthogonal Killing vector field Deser, Jackiw and Templeton's vacuum field equations of topologically massive gravity allow only the trivial flat space-time solution. Thus spin is necessary to support topological mass.

Create a lesson